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TREE-RING RESEARCH
卷 66, 期 1, 页码 35-49出版社
TREE-RING SOC
DOI: 10.3959/2008-20.1
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delta C-13; stable carbon isotopes; dendrochronology; tree ring; tropics; tropical climate
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- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Urnwelt
Although studies on stable-carbon isotopes in trees from temperate zones provide abundant paleoclimatic data, tropical trees are still understudied in this context. Therefore this study examined the variability of intra- and inter-annual stable-carbon isotopic pattern in several tree species from various tropical climates. The delta C-13 Values of samples of 12 broadleaved trees (seven species) from various paleotropical and neotropical sites along a climatic moisture gradient were investigated. The inter-annual variability between species and sites was studied. Further the relationship between delta C-13 and precipitation time series was analyzed. Results show that tropical tree species show a similar variability in carbon isotopic composition as temperate tree species. Significant correlations between annual precipitation and tree-ring delta C-13 time series were negative. Successful crossdating of a tree-ring delta C-13 time series highlights the potential of carbon isotope measurements for tropical tree-ring analytical studies. Tropical broadleaved trees are able to capture a carbon isotopic signal in their annual rings even under everwet conditions and show good potential for paleoclimatic research.
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