Leaf wax n-alkane carbon isotope values vary among major terrestrial plant groups: Different responses to precipitation amount and temperature, and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction
Jinzhao Liu, Zhisheng An
Topics & Concepts
AlkaneWaxδ13CIsotopes of carbonContext (archaeology)Crassulacean acid metabolismBotanyBiologyPhotosynthesisPrecipitationStable isotope ratioEcologyTotal organic carbonPaleontologyBiochemistryPhysicsMeteorologyQuantum mechanicsCatalysisGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchIsotope Analysis in EcologyPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics