Global patterns in leaf 13C discrimination and implications for studies of past and future climate

By A. Diefendorf, K. Mueller, S. Wing, P. Koch, K. Freeman. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010

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Photosynthetic physiology of eucalypts along a sub-continental rainfall gradient in northern Australia (2011, result): “This pattern contrasts with relatively strong relationships between leaf dry matter 13C and MAP for trees sampled in North America and Asia (Diefendorf et al., 2010), and in Africa (Midgley et al., 2004).”
Production of n-alkyl lipids in living plants and implications for the geologic past (2011, methodology): “Diefendorf et al. (2010) expanded this interpretation to correct D leaf for the inﬂuence of both taxonomic change and concomitant changes in precipitation at the onset of the CIE.”
Evolution of habitat and environment of red deer (Cervus elaphus) during the Late-glacial and early Holocene in eastern France (French Jura and the western Alps) using multi-isotope analysis (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, δ34S) of archaeological remains (2011, background): “Moreover, the effect of temperature change on carbon isotope fractionation in plants can be considered asminor (Diefendorf et al., 2010; Kohn, 2010).”
Carbon isotope compositions of terrestrial C3 plants as indicators of (paleo)ecology and (paleo)climate (2010, methodology): “The present analysis differs from a recent investigation of correlations between tree þ shrub δ 13 C and MAP or plant functional type (8) in that it is several times larger on a site-by-site basis, spans the full range of plant growth forms (including trees, bushes, grasses, and herbs), averages…”