Assessing environmental and physiological controls over water relations in a Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris  L.) stand through analyses of stable isotope composition of water and organic matter

Brandes, Elke; Wenninger, Jochen; Koeniger, Pau; Schindler, Dirk; Rennenberg, Heinz; Leibundgut, Christian; Mayer, Helmut; Gessler, Arthur

Assessing environmental and physiological controls over water relations in a Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) stand through analyses of stable isotope composition of water and organic matter

Date

2007

Authors

Brandes, Elke

Wenninger, Jochen

Koeniger, Pau

Schindler, Dirk

Rennenberg, Heinz

Leibundgut, Christian

Mayer, Helmut

Gessler, Arthur

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of meteorological, pedospheric and physiological factors on the water relations of Scots pine, as characterized by the origin of water taken up, by xylem transport as well as by carbon isotope discrimination (Δ13C) a