Articles | Volume 9, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3083-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3083-2012
Reviews and syntheses
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13 Aug 2012
Reviews and syntheses |  | 13 Aug 2012

Progress and challenges in using stable isotopes to trace plant carbon and water relations across scales

C. Werner, H. Schnyder, M. Cuntz, C. Keitel, M. J. Zeeman, T. E. Dawson, F.-W. Badeck, E. Brugnoli, J. Ghashghaie, T. E. E. Grams, Z. E. Kayler, M. Lakatos, X. Lee, C. Máguas, J. Ogée, K. G. Rascher, R. T. W. Siegwolf, S. Unger, J. Welker, L. Wingate, and A. Gessler

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