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Articles | Volume 17, issue 19
Articles | Volume 17, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4853-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4853-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 19
Research article
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13 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 13 Oct 2020

Causes and consequences of pronounced variation in the isotope composition of plant xylem water

Hannes P. T. De Deurwaerder, Marco D. Visser, Matteo Detto, Pascal Boeckx, Félicien Meunier, Kathrin Kuehnhammer, Ruth-Kristina Magh, John D. Marshall, Lixin Wang, Liangju Zhao, and Hans Verbeeck

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The depths at which plants take up water is challenging to observe directly. To do so, scientists have relied on measuring the isotopic composition of xylem water as this provides information on the water’s source. Our work shows that this isotopic composition changes throughout the day, which complicates the interpretation of the water’s source and has been currently overlooked. We build a model to help understand the origin of these composition changes and their consequences for science.
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