TY - JOUR
T1 - Stable isotope views on ecosystem function
T2 - challenging or challenged?
AU - Resco, Víctor
AU - Querejeta, José I.
AU - Ogle, Kiona
AU - Voltas, Jordi
AU - Sebastià, Maria Teresa
AU - Serrano-Ortiz, Penélope
AU - Linares, Juan C.
AU - Moreno-Gutiérrez, Cristina
AU - Herrero, Asier
AU - Carreira, José A.
AU - Torres-Cañabate, Patricia
AU - Valladares, Fernando
PY - 2010/6/23
Y1 - 2010/6/23
N2 - Stable isotopes and their potential for detecting various and complex ecosystem processes are attracting an increasing number of scientists. Progress is challenging, particularly under global change scenarios, but some established views have been challenged. The IX meeting of the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology (AAET, Úbeda, 18-22 October 2009) hosted a symposium on the ecology of stable isotopes where the linear mixing model approach of partitioning sinks and sources of carbon and water fluxes within an ecosystem was challenged, and new applications of stable isotopes for the study of plant interactions were evaluated. Discussion was also centred on the need for networks that monitor ecological processes using stable isotopes and key ideas for fostering future research with isotopes.
AB - Stable isotopes and their potential for detecting various and complex ecosystem processes are attracting an increasing number of scientists. Progress is challenging, particularly under global change scenarios, but some established views have been challenged. The IX meeting of the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology (AAET, Úbeda, 18-22 October 2009) hosted a symposium on the ecology of stable isotopes where the linear mixing model approach of partitioning sinks and sources of carbon and water fluxes within an ecosystem was challenged, and new applications of stable isotopes for the study of plant interactions were evaluated. Discussion was also centred on the need for networks that monitor ecological processes using stable isotopes and key ideas for fostering future research with isotopes.
KW - Carbon isotopes
KW - Mixing models
KW - Monitoring networks
KW - Oxygen isotopes
KW - Plant interactions
KW - Water isotopes
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U2 - 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0950
DO - 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0950
M3 - Article
C2 - 20015858
SN - 1744-9561
VL - 6
SP - 287
EP - 289
JO - Biology Letters
JF - Biology Letters
IS - 3
ER -