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Author (up) Bonal, D.; Ponton, S.; Le Thiec, D.; Richard, B.; Ningre, N.; Herault, B.; Ogee, J.; Gonzalez, S.; Pignal, M.; Sabatier, D.; Guehl, J.M. openurl 
  Title Leaf functional response to increasing atmospheric CO(2) concentrations over the last century in two northern Amazonian tree species: a historical delta(13)C and delta(18)O approach using herbarium samples Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Plant Cell and Environment Abbreviated Journal Plant Cell Environ.  
  Volume 34 Issue 8 Pages 1332-1344  
  Keywords carbon isotope composition; environmental change; herbarium; oxygen isotope composition; photosynthesis; stomata; tropical rainforests  
  Abstract We assessed the extent of recent environmental changes on leaf morphological (stomatal density, stomatal surface, leaf mass per unit area) and physiological traits (carbon isotope composition, delta(13)C(leaf), and discrimination, Delta(13)C(leaf), oxygen isotope composition, delta(18)O(leaf)) of two tropical rainforest species (Dicorynia guianensis; Humiria balsamifera) that are abundant in the Guiana shield (Northern Amazonia). Leaf samples were collected in different international herbariums to cover a 200 year time-period (1790-2004) and the whole Guiana shield. Using models describing carbon and oxygen isotope fractionations during photosynthesis, different scenarios of change in intercellular CO(2) concentrations inside the leaf (C(i)), stomatal conductance (g), and photosynthesis (A) were tested in order to understand leaf physiological response to increasing air CO(2) concentrations (C(a)). Our results confirmed that both species displayed physiological response to changing C(a). For both species, we observed a decrease of about 1.7% in delta(13)C(leaf) since 1950, without significant change in Delta(13)C(leaf) and leaf morphological traits. Furthermore, there was no clear change in delta(18)O(leaf) for Humiria over this period. Our simulation approach revealed that an increase in A, rather than a decrease in g, explained the observed trends for these tropical rainforest species, allowing them to maintain a constant ratio of C(i)/C(a).  
  Address [Bonal, D] INRA, UMR Ecofog, F-97387 Kourou, France, Email: bonal@nancy.inra.fr  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 0140-7791 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000292698900010 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 330  
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