Although the OLS regression was highly significant, we believe that model quality can be further improved, at least for δ 18 O and δ 2 H.
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Oxygen and hydrogen stable isotope ratios of bulk needles reveal the geographic origin of Norway spruce in the European Alps.
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Contrary to expectations, we did not find either δ 18 O or δ 2 H correlated with altitude, probably because we considered a wide area characterised by fairly significant climatic variability which may have masked the altitude effect.