Stable Isotope Characterization of the Ecohydrological Cycle at a Tropical Treeline Site

Stable Isotope Characterization of the Ecohydrological Cycle at a Tropical Treeline Site

*Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada–Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, U.S.A. {Nevada Stable Isotope Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada– Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, U.S.A. {DendroLab, Department of Geography, University of Nevada– Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, U.S.A. 1School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California...

A stable isotope-based approach to tropical dendroclimatology

We describe a strategy for development of chronological control in tropical trees lacking demonstrably annual ring formation, using high resolution O measurements in tropical wood. The approach applies existing models of the oxygen isotopic composition of alpha-cellulose (Roden et al., 2000), a rapid method for cellulose extraction from raw wood (Brendel et al., 2000), and continuous flow isoto...

Stable isotope analysis of the Cretaceous sulfur cycle

Stable Isotope Application in Animal Nutrition Science

The application of stable isotope analysis (SIA) has become a standard scientific approach in Agricultural and Ecological researches and, more in general, in several disciplines such as biology, botany, zoology, organic chemistry, climatology, and nutrition. The main objectives of this paper are (1) to provide a simple definition of stable isotopes and (2) to illustrate analytical measurement m...

Daily Weather and Tree Growth at the Tropical Treeline of North America

We present here the 2001–2004 results of observational field studies aimed at quantifying tropical timberline climate and radial increment of Pinus hartwegii Lindl. trees on Nevado de Colima, in the middle of the North American Monsoon region. An automated weather station was installed at 3760 m a.s.l., 19834.7789N latitude, 103837.1809W longitude, within a forest where multi-century tree-ring ...