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Alpine Holocene tree-ring dataset: age-related trends in the stable isotopes of cellulose show species-specific patterns
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of
Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Malin M. Ziehmer
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of
Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051
Basel, Switzerland
Kurt Nicolussi
Department of Geography, Universität Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck,
Austria
Christian Schlüchter
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Markus Leuenberger
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of
Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
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Stable isotopes in tree-ring cellulose are tools for climatic reconstructions, but interpretation is challenging due to nonclimate trends. We analyzed the tree-age trends in tree-ring isotopes of deciduous larch and evergreen cembran pine. Samples covering the whole Holocene were collected at the tree line in the Alps. For cambial ages over 100 years, we prove the absence of age trends in δD, δ18O, and δ13C for both species. For lower cambial ages, trends differ for each isotope and species.
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