Journal
TREE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 8, Pages 796-818Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu040
Keywords
cellulose; evaporative enrichment; oxygen atom exchange; phloem transport; post-photosynthetic; storage
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- German Research Council DFG [GE 1090/8-1, GE 1090/9-1]
- German Ministry for Research and Education BMBF (CLASH) [FKZ 03G0811B]
- Ramon y Cajal Programme [RYC-2008-02050]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [200021_130112, IZK0Z3_154157]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_130112, IZK0Z3_154157] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation processes is increasing but we still lack detailed knowledge of the processes that determine the isotopic composition of the tree-ring archive over the long term. Especially with regard to the path from leaf photosynthate production to wood formation, post-assimilation fractionations/processes might cause at least a partial decoupling between the leaf isotope signals that record processes such as stomatal conductance, transpiration and photosynthesis, and the wood or cellulose signals that are stored in the paleophysiological record. In this review, we start from the rather well understood processes at the leaf level such as photosynthetic carbon isotope fractionation, leaf water evaporative isotope enrichment and the issue of the isotopic composition of inorganic sources (CO2 and H2O), though we focus on the less explored 'downstream' processes related to metabolism and transport. We further summarize the roles of cellulose and lignin as important chemical constituents of wood, and the processes that determine the transfer of photosynthate (sucrose) and associated isotopic signals to wood production. We cover the broad topics of post-carboxylation carbon isotope fractionation and of the exchange of organic oxygen with water within the tree. In two case studies, we assess the transfer of carbon and oxygen isotopic signals from leaves to tree rings. Finally we address the issue of different temporal scales and link isotope fractionation at the shorter time scale for processes in the leaf to the isotopic ratio as recorded across longer time scales of the tree-ring archive.
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