% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Grieinger:862504, author = {Grießinger, Jussi and Bräuning, Achim and Helle, Gerhard and Schleser, Gerhard, Hans and Hochreuther, Philipp and Meier, Wolfgang and Zhu, Haifeng}, title = {{A} {D}ual {S}table {I}sotope {A}pproach {U}nravels {C}ommon {C}limate {S}ignals and {S}pecies-{S}pecific {R}esponses to {E}nvironmental {C}hange {S}tored in {M}ulti-{C}entury {T}ree-{R}ing {S}eries from the {T}ibetan {P}lateau}, journal = {Geosciences}, volume = {9}, number = {4}, issn = {2076-3263}, address = {Basel}, publisher = {MDPI}, reportid = {FZJ-2019-02808}, pages = {151 -}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Tree-rings are recorders of environmental signals and are therefore often used to reconstruct past environmental conditions. In this paper, we present four annually resolved, multi-centennial tree-ring isotope series from the southeastern Tibetan plateau. The investigation site, where juniper and spruce trees jointly occur, is one of the highest known tree-stands in the world. Tree ring cellulose oxygen (δ18O) and carbon (δ13C) isotopes were analyzed for a common period of 1685–2007 AD to investigate climate–isotope relationships. Therefore, various climate parameters from a local meteorological station and from the CRU 4.02 dataset were used. Tree-ring δ18O of both species revealed highly significant sensitivities with a high degree of coherence to hydroclimate variables during the growing season. The obtained δ18O–climate relationships can even be retained using a species mean. In contrast, the individual δ13C series indicated a weaker and non-uniform response to the tested variables. Underlying species-specific responses and adaptations to the long-term trend in atmospheric CO2 bias even after a trend correction identified dominant environmental factors triggering the tree-ring δ13C at our site. However, analysis of individual intrinsic water-use efficiency in juniper and spruce trees indicated a species-specific adaptation strategy to climate change}, cin = {IBG-3}, ddc = {550}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118}, pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction (POF3-255)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, UT = {WOS:000467305900006}, doi = {10.3390/geosciences9040151}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/862504}, }