Stable isotope views on ecosystem function: challenging or challenged?

Resco de Dios, Víctor; Querejeta, José I.; Ogle, Kiona; Voltas Velasco, Jordi; Sebastià, Ma. T.; Serrano Ortiz, Penélope; Linares, Juan Carlos; Carreira, José A.; Torres Cañabate, Patricia; Valladares, Fernando

doi:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0950

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2010

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Resco de Dios, Víctor

Querejeta, José I.

Ogle, Kiona

Voltas Velasco, Jordi

Sebastià, Ma. T.

Serrano Ortiz, Penélope

Linares, Juan Carlos

Carreira, José A.

Torres Cañabate, Patricia

Valladares, Fernando

Abstract

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, U ´ beda, 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.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58408

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0950

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Biology Letters, 2010, vol. 6, núm. 3, p. 287–289