Effect of floods on the δ¹³C values in plant leaves: a study of willows in Northeastern Siberia.

ABSTRACT: Although stable carbon isotopic composition (δ¹³C) of plants has been widely used to indicate different water regimes in terrestrial ecosystems over the past four decades, the changes in the plant δ¹³C value under waterlogging have not been sufficiently clarified. With the enhanced global warming in recent years, the increasing frequency and severity of river floods in Arctic regions lead to more waterlogging on willows that are widely distributed in river lowland. To investigate the δ¹³C changes in plants under different water conditions (including waterlogging), we measured the δ¹³C values in the leaves of willows with three species, Salix boganidensis, S. glauca, and S. pulchra, and also monitored changes in plant physiolo

SUBMITTER: Fan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6151259 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature