Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research

The analysis of stable isotope ratios represents one of the most exciting new technical advances in environmental sciences. In this book, leading experts offer the first survey of applications of stable isotope analysis to ecological research. Central top

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Volume 68

Ecological Studies Volume 56 Resources and Society A Systems Ecology Study of the Island of Gotland, Sweden By James J. Zucchetto and Ann-Mari Jansson 1985. X, 248p., 70 figures. cloth Volume 57 Forest Ecosystems in the Alaskan Taiga A Synthesis of Structure and Function Edited by K. Van aeve, F.S. Chapin III, LA. Viereck, C.T. Dymess and P.W. Flanagan 1986. X, 240p., 81 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96251-4 Volume 58 Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii Edited by HA. Mooney and JA. Drake 1986. X, 32Op., 25 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96289-1 Volume 59 Acid Deposition and the Acidification of Soils and Waters An Analysis By J.O. Reuss and D.W. Johnson 1986. VIII, 12Op., 37 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96290-5 Volume 60 Amazonian Rain Forests Ecosystem Disturbance and Recovery Edited by Carl F. Jordan 1987. X, 133p., 55 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96397-9 Volume 61 Potentials and Limitations of Ecosystem Analysis Edited by E.-D. Schulze and H. Zwolfer 1987. XII, 435p., 141 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-17138-X

Volume 62 Frost Survival of Plants By A. Sakai and W. Larcher 1987. XII, 321p., 200 figures, 78 tables. cloth ISBN 0-387-17332-3 Volume 63 Long-Term Forest Dynamics of the Temperate Zone By Paul A. Delcourt and Hazel R Delcourt 1987. XIV, 45Op., 90 figures, 333 maps. cloth ISBN 0-387-96495-9 Volume 64 Land~ape Heterogeneity and Disturbance Edited by Monica Goigel Turner 1987. XII, 241p., 56 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96497-5

Volume 65 Community Ecology of Sea Otters Edited by G.R van Blaricom and JA. Estes 1987. X, 280p., 71 figures. cloth ISBN 3-540-18090-7 Volume 66 Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta Edited by W.T. Swank and DA. Crossley, Jr. 1987. XIV, 512p., 151 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96547-5 Volume 67 Concepts of Ecosystem Ecology A Comparative View Edited by L.R Pomeroy and JJ. Alberts 1988. XII, 384p., 93 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96686-2 Volume 68 Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research Edited by P.W. Rundel, J.R Ehleringer and KA. Nagy 1989. XVI, 544p., 164 figures. cloth ISBN 0-387-96712-5

P. W. Rundel

J .R. Ehleringer K. A. Nagy Editors

Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research With 164 Illustrations

Springer-Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg London Paris Tokyo

P.W. Rundel Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences University of California Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

l.R. Ehleringer Department of Biology University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

K.A. Nagy Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences University of California Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stable isotopes in ecological research / P.W. Rundel, J.R. Ehleringer, K.A. Nagy, editors. p. cm.- (Ecological studies; v. 68) Bibliography: p. Includes index. \. Stable isotopes in ecological research. I. Rundel, Philip W. (Philip Wilson) II. Ehleringer, J.R. III. Nagy, Kenneth A. IV. Series. QH541.15.S68S72 1988 574.5'072-dcl9 88-20171 Printed on acid-free paper.

"'1989 by Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st editio