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Wang S, Deng Y, Gao L, Zhang Y, Shi X, Gou X. Influence of monsoon anomalies on intra-annual density fluctuations of Chinese pine in the Loess Plateau. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2023; 67:847-856. [PMID: 36977830 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-023-02459-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In the past few decades, the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) has experienced an unprecedented weakening, exacerbating drought in northern China, especially in the monsoon margin area. Improving our understanding of monsoon variability will benefit agricultural production, ecological construction, and disaster management. Tree-ring is widely used as proxy data for extending the monsoon history. However, in the East Asian monsoon margin, the tree-ring width were mostly formed before the rainy season, thus may have limited ability to indicate the monsoon variability. Intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs) can provide higher resolution information on tree growth as well as evidence of short-term climate events. Here, we used Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis Carr.) samples from the eastern edge of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), where the climate is deeply affected by monsoon, to investigate the response of tree growth and IADFs frequency to climate variation. We show that tree-ring width and IADFs record significantly different climatic signals. The former was mainly affected by moisture conditions at the end of the previous growing season and the current spring. While the latter was common in years when severe droughts occurred in June and July, especially in June. This period coincides with the onset of the EASM, so we further analyzed the relationship between IADFs frequency and the rainy season. Both correlation analysis and the GAM model suggest that the frequent occurrence of IADFs may be related to the late start of the monsoon rainy season, meaning that we have found a new indicator in tree-ring records that can capture monsoon anomalies. Our results provide further insight into drought variation in the eastern CLP, which also implicates the Asian summer monsoon dynamic.
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- Shuangjuan Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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Akhmetzyanov L, Sánchez-Salguero R, García-González I, Domínguez-Delmás M, Sass-Klaassen U. Blue is the fashion in Mediterranean pines: New drought signals from tree-ring density in southern Europe. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 856:159291. [PMID: 36208747 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Long-term records of tree-ring width (TRW), latewood maximum density (MXD) and blue intensity (BI) measurements on conifers have been largely used to develop high-resolution temperature reconstructions in cool temperate forests. However, the potential of latewood blue intensity (LWBI), less commonly used earlywood blue intensity (EWBI), and delta (difference between EWBI and LWBI, dBI) blue intensity in Mediterranean tree species is still unexplored. Here we developed BI chronologies in moist-elevation limits of the most southwestern European distribution of Pinus nigra subsp. salzmanii Arnold. We tested whether BI variables derived from tree rings of black pine are better proxies than ring-width variables to reconstruct long-term changes in climatic factors and water availability. For this we applied correlations and regression analyses with daily and monthly climate data, a spatial and temporal drought index (Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index-SPEI) and Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD), as well as atmospheric circulation patterns: North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and Western Mediterranean Oscillation (WeMO). We found a positive relation between black pine growth (RW) and temperature during the winter preceding the growing season. Among all variables LWBI and dBI were found to be more sensitive than TRW to SPEI at low-elevation site, with EWBI series containing an opposite climatic signal. LWBI and dBI were significantly related to June and September precipitation at high-elevation site. Winter VPD was related with higher EWI and LWI series, whereas dBI and EWBI were related with January SOI and February NAO. We confirm the potential of long-term dBI series to reconstruct climate in drought-prone regions. This novel study in combination with other wood anatomical measurements has wide implications for further use of BI to understand and reconstruct environmental changes in Mediterranean conifer forests.
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- Linar Akhmetzyanov
- DendroOlavide, Depto. de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Crta. Utrera km. 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- DendroOlavide, Depto. de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Crta. Utrera km. 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Botánica, Escola Politécnica Superior de Enxeñaría, Campus Terra, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Departamento de Botánica, Escola Politécnica Superior de Enxeñaría, Campus Terra, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain; University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Humanities, Turfdraagsterpad 15, Postbus 94551, 1090, GN, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Martínez‐Sancho E, Treydte K, Lehmann MM, Rigling A, Fonti P. Drought impacts on tree carbon sequestration and water use - evidence from intra-annual tree-ring characteristics. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 236:58-70. [PMID: 35576102 PMCID: PMC9542003 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The impact of climate extremes on forest ecosystems is poorly understood but important for predicting carbon and water cycle feedbacks to climate. Some knowledge gaps still remain regarding how drought-related adjustments in intra-annual tree-ring characteristics directly impact tree carbon and water use. In this study we quantified the impact of an extreme summer drought on the water-use efficiency and carbon sequestration of four mature Norway spruce trees. We used detailed observations of wood formation (xylogenesis) and intra-annual tree-ring properties (quantitative wood anatomy and stable carbon isotopes) combined with physiological water-stress monitoring. During 41 d of tree water deficit, we observed an enrichment in 13 C but a reduction in cell enlargement and wall-thickening processes, which impacted the anatomical characteristics. These adjustments diminished carbon sequestration by 67% despite an 11% increase in water-use efficiency during drought. However, with the resumption of a positive hydric state in the stem, we observed a fast recovery of cell formation rates based on the accumulated assimilates produced during drought. Our findings enhance our understanding of carbon and water fluxes between the atmosphere and forest ecosystems, providing observational evidence on the tree intra-annual carbon sequestration and water-use efficiency dynamics to improve future generations of vegetation models.
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- Elisabet Martínez‐Sancho
- Research Unit Forest DynamicsSwiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSLZürcherstrasse 1118903BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Research Unit Forest DynamicsSwiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSLZürcherstrasse 1118903BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Research Unit Forest DynamicsSwiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSLZürcherstrasse 1118903BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Research Unit Forest DynamicsSwiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSLZürcherstrasse 1118903BirmensdorfSwitzerland
- Institute of Terrestrial EcosystemsSwiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHUniversitaetsstrasse 168092ZurichSwitzerland
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- Research Unit Forest DynamicsSwiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSLZürcherstrasse 1118903BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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Farahat E, Cherubini P, Saurer M, Gärtner H. Wood anatomy and tree-ring stable isotopes indicate a recent decline in water-use efficiency in the desert tree Moringa peregrina. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2022; 66:127-137. [PMID: 34633523 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-021-02198-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The ability of desert plants to adapt to future climate changes and maximize their water-use efficiency will determine their survival. This study uses wood anatomy and δ13C and δ18O isotope analyses to investigate how Moringa peregrina trees in the Egyptian desert have responded to the environment over the last 10 years. Our results show that M. peregrina tree-ring widths (TRWs) have generally declined over the last decade, although individual series are characterized by high variability and low Rbars. Vessel lumen area percentages (VLA%) are low in wet years but increase significantly in dry years, such as the period 2017-2020. Stable δ13C isotope values decrease between 2010 (- 23.4‰) and 2020 (- 24.9‰), reflecting an unexpected response to an increase in drought conditions. The mean δ18O value (± standard error, SE) for the first ten rings of each tree from bark to pith (2020-2010) is 33.0 ‰ ± 0.85 with a range of 29.2-36.3‰, which indicates a common drought signal. The intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) declines gradually with time, from 130.0 µmol mol-1 in 2010 to 119.4 µmol mol-1 in 2020. The intercellular carbon concentration (Ci) and Ci/Ca ratio increase over the same period, likely as a result of decreasing iWUE. The results show that M. peregrina trees seem to cool their leaves and the boundary air at the cost of saving water.
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- Emad Farahat
- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, P.O. 11790, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Reduced Temperature Sensitivity of Maximum Latewood Density Formation in High-Elevation Corsican Pines under Recent Warming. ATMOSPHERE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos12070804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Maximum latewood density (MXD) measurements from long-lived Black pines (Pinus nigra spp. laricio) growing at the upper treeline in Corsica are one of the few archives to reconstruct southern European summer temperatures at annual resolution back into medieval times. Here, we present a compilation of five MXD chronologies from Corsican pines that contain high-to-low frequency variability between 1168 and 2016 CE and correlate significantly (p < 0.01) with the instrumental April–July and September–October mean temperatures from 1901 to 1980 CE (r = 0.52−0.64). The growth–climate correlations, however, dropped to −0.13 to 0.02 afterward, and scaling the MXD data resulted in a divergence of >1.5 °C between the colder reconstructed and warmer measured temperatures in the early-21st century. Our findings suggest a warming-induced shift from initially temperature-controlled to drought-prone MXD formation, and therefore question the suitability of using Corsican pine MXD data for climate reconstruction.
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Guerrieri R, Correia M, Martín‐Forés I, Alfaro‐Sánchez R, Pino J, Hampe A, Valladares F, Espelta JM. Land‐use legacies influence tree water‐use efficiency and nitrogen availability in recently established European forests. Funct Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rossella Guerrieri
- CREAF Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions ForestalsCatalonia Spain
- DISTAL University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Centre for Functional Ecology Department of Life Sciences Calçada Martim de FreitasUniversity of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change National Museum of Natural SciencesSpanish Council for Scientific ResearchCSIC Madrid Spain
- School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- CREAF Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions ForestalsCatalonia Spain
- Department of Biology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo ON Canada
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- CREAF Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions ForestalsCatalonia Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Catalonia Spain
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- INRAEUniversity of BordeauxBIOGECO Cestas France
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change National Museum of Natural SciencesSpanish Council for Scientific ResearchCSIC Madrid Spain
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- CREAF Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions ForestalsCatalonia Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Catalonia Spain
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Fernández de Simón B, Sanz M, Sánchez-Gómez D, Cadahía E, Aranda I. Rising [CO 2] effect on leaf drought-induced metabolome in Pinus pinaster Aiton: Ontogenetic- and genotypic-specific response exhibit different metabolic strategies. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 149:201-216. [PMID: 32078898 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) together with water deficit can influence ecological interactions of trees through an array of chemically driven changes in plant leaves. In four drought stressed Pinus pinaster genotypes, grown under two levels of atmospheric [CO2] (ambient (aCO2) and enriched (eCO2)) the metabolome of adult and juvenile needles was analyzed to know if the metabolic responses to this environmental situation could be genotype-dependent and vary according to the stage of needle ontogeny. Drought had the highest incidence, followed by needle ontogeny, being lower the eCO2 effect. The eCO2 reduced, eliminated or countered the 50 (adult needles) - 44% (juvenile) of the drought-induced changes, suggesting that CO2-enriched plants could perceived less oxidative stress under drought, and proving that together, these two abiotic factors triggered a metabolic response different from that under single factors. Genotype drought tolerance and ontogenetic stage determined the level of metabolite accumulation and the plasticity to eCO2 under drought, which was mainly reflected in antioxidant levels and tree chemical defense. At re-watering, previously water stressed plants showed both, reduced C and N metabolism, and a "drought memory effect", favoring antioxidants and osmolyte storage. This effect showed variations regarding genotype drought-tolerance, needle ontogeny and [CO2], with remarkable contribution of terpenoids. Chemical defense and drought tolerance were somehow linked, increasing chemical defense during recovery in the most drought-sensitive individuals. The better adaptation of trees to drought under eCO2, as well as their ability to recover better from water stress, are essential for the survival of forest trees.
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- Brígida Fernández de Simón
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Bl 17 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Regional de Investigación, Desarrollo Agroalimentario y Forestal de Castilla-La Mancha (IRIAF), Centro de Investigación Agroforestal de Albadalejito (CIAF), Carretera Toledo-Cuenca, km 174, 16194, Cuenca, Spain.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.
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Qaderi MM, Martel AB, Dixon SL. Environmental Factors Influence Plant Vascular System and Water Regulation. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8030065. [PMID: 30875945 PMCID: PMC6473727 DOI: 10.3390/plants8030065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Developmental initiation of plant vascular tissue, including xylem and phloem, from the vascular cambium depends on environmental factors, such as temperature and precipitation. Proper formation of vascular tissue is critical for the transpiration stream, along with photosynthesis as a whole. While effects of individual environmental factors on the transpiration stream are well studied, interactive effects of multiple stress factors are underrepresented. As expected, climate change will result in plants experiencing multiple co-occurring environmental stress factors, which require further studies. Also, the effects of the main climate change components (carbon dioxide, temperature, and drought) on vascular cambium are not well understood. This review aims at synthesizing current knowledge regarding the effects of the main climate change components on the initiation and differentiation of vascular cambium, the transpiration stream, and photosynthesis. We predict that combined environmental factors will result in increased diameter and density of xylem vessels or tracheids in the absence of water stress. However, drought may decrease the density of xylem vessels or tracheids. All interactive combinations are expected to increase vascular cell wall thickness, and therefore increase carbon allocation to these tissues. A comprehensive study of the effects of multiple environmental factors on plant vascular tissue and water regulation should help us understand plant responses to climate change.
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- Mirwais M Qaderi
- Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada.
- Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada.
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Forner A, Valladares F, Bonal D, Granier A, Grossiord C, Aranda I. Extreme droughts affecting Mediterranean tree species' growth and water-use efficiency: the importance of timing. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 38:1127-1137. [PMID: 29554342 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpy022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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It has been known for a long time that drought intensity is a critical variable in determining water stress of Mediterranean tree species. However, not as much attention has been paid to other drought characteristics, for example the timing of the dry periods. We investigated the impact of the timing and intensity of extreme droughts on growing season length, growth and water-use efficiency of three tree species, Pinus nigra ssp. Salzmannii J.F. Arnold, Quercus ilex ssp. ballota (Desf.) Samp. and Quercus faginea Lam. coexisting in a continental Mediterranean ecosystem. Over the study period (2009-13), intense droughts were observed at annual and seasonal scales, particularly during 2011 and 2012. In 2012, an atypically dry winter and spring was followed by an intense summer drought. Quercus faginea growth was affected more by drought timing than by drought intensity, probably because of its winter-deciduous leaf habit. Pinus nigra showed a lower decrease in secondary growth than observed in the two Quercus species in extremely dry years. Resilience to extreme droughts was different among species, with Q. faginea showing poorer recovery of growth after very dry years. The highest intra- and inter-annual plasticity in water-use efficiency was observed in P. nigra, which maintained a more water-saving strategy. Our results revealed that the timing of extreme drought events can affect tree function to a larger extent than drought intensity, especially in deciduous species. Legacy effects of drought over months and years significantly strengthened the impact of drought timing and intensity on tree function.
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- Alicia Forner
- Laboratorio Internacional de Cambio Global (LINCGlobal), Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN, CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio Internacional de Cambio Global (LINCGlobal), Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN, CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnológicas, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, Móstoles, Spain
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- INRA, Université de Lorraine, UMR 1137 Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières, Champenoux, France
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- INRA, Université de Lorraine, UMR 1137 Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières, Champenoux, France
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Genetics, INIA, Forest Research Centre, Avda. A Coruña km 7.5, Madrid, Spain
- INAGEA, Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua, Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain
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Martínez-Sancho E, Dorado-Liñán I, Gutiérrez Merino E, Matiu M, Helle G, Heinrich I, Menzel A. Increased water-use efficiency translates into contrasting growth patterns of Scots pine and sessile oak at their southern distribution limits. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2018; 24:1012-1028. [PMID: 29030903 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In forests, the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations (Ca ) has been related to enhanced tree growth and intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE). However, in drought-prone areas such as the Mediterranean Basin, it is not yet clear to what extent this "fertilizing" effect may compensate for drought-induced growth reduction. We investigated tree growth and physiological responses at five Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and five sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) sites located at their southernmost distribution limits in Europe for the period 1960-2012 using annually resolved tree-ring width and δ13 C data to track ecophysiological processes. Results indicated that all 10 natural stands significantly increased their leaf intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci ), and consequently iWUE. Different trends in the theoretical gas-exchange scenarios as a response to increasing Ca were found: generally, Ci tended to increase proportionally to Ca , except for trees at the driest sites in which Ci remained constant. Ci from the oak sites displaying higher water availability tended to increase at a comparable rate to Ca . Multiple linear models fitted at site level to predict basal area increment (BAI) using iWUE and climatic variables better explained tree growth in pines (31.9%-71.4%) than in oak stands (15.8%-46.8%). iWUE was negatively linked to pine growth, whereas its effect on growth of oak differed across sites. Tree growth in the western and central oak stands was negatively related to iWUE, whereas BAI from the easternmost stand was positively associated with iWUE. Thus, some Q. petraea stands might have partially benefited from the "fertilizing" effect of rising Ca , whereas P. sylvestris stands due to their strict closure of stomata did not profit from increased iWUE and consequently showed in general growth reductions across sites. Additionally, the inter-annual variability of BAI and iWUE displayed a geographical polarity in the Mediterranean.
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- Elisabet Martínez-Sancho
- Ecoclimatology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Departamento de Silvicultura y Gestión de los Sistemas Forestales, CIFOR-INIA, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biological Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ecoclimatology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, GFZ - German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
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- Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, GFZ - German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
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- Ecoclimatology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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Barbeta A, Peñuelas J. Increasing carbon discrimination rates and depth of water uptake favor the growth of Mediterranean evergreen trees in the ecotone with temperate deciduous forests. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2017; 23:5054-5068. [PMID: 28544424 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Tree populations at the low-altitudinal or -latitudinal limits of species' distributional ranges are predicted to retreat toward higher altitudes and latitudes to track the ongoing changes in climate. Studies have focused on the climatic sensitivity of the retreating species, whereas little is known about the potential replacements. Competition between tree species in forest ecotones will likely be strongly influenced by the ecophysiological responses to heat and drought. We used tree-ring widths and δ13 C and δ18 O chronologies to compare the growth rates and long-term ecophysiological responses to climate in the temperate-Mediterranean ecotone formed by the deciduous Fagus sylvatica and the evergreen Quercus ilex at the low altitudinal and southern latitudinal limit of F. sylvatica (NE Iberian Peninsula). F. sylvatica growth rates were similar to those of other southern populations and were surprisingly not higher than those of Q. ilex, which were an order of magnitude higher than those in nearby drier sites. Higher Q. ilex growth rates were associated with high temperatures, which have increased carbon discrimination rates in the last 25 years. In contrast, stomatal regulation in F. sylvatica was proportional to the increase in atmospheric CO2 . Tree-ring δ18 O for both species were mostly correlated with δ18 O in the source water. In contrast to many previous studies, relative humidity was not negatively correlated with tree-ring δ18 O but had a positive effect on Q. ilex tree-ring δ18 O. Furthermore, tree-ring δ18 O decreased in Q. ilex over time. The sensitivity of Q. ilex to climate likely reflects the uptake of deep water that allowed it to benefit from the effect of CO2 fertilization, in contrast to the water-limited F. sylvatica. Consequently, Q. ilex is a strong competitor at sites currently dominated by F. sylvatica and could be favored by increasingly warmer conditions.
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- Adrià Barbeta
- ISPA, Bordeaux Science Agro, INRA, Villenave d'Ornon, 33140, France
- Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, CSIC, E-08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
- CREAF, E-08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
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- Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, CSIC, E-08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
- CREAF, E-08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
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Olano JM, González-Muñoz N, Arzac A, Rozas V, von Arx G, Delzon S, García-Cervigón AI. Sex determines xylem anatomy in a dioecious conifer: hydraulic consequences in a drier world. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1493-1502. [PMID: 28575521 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Increased drought frequency and severity may reshape tree species distribution in arid environments. Dioecious tree species may be more sensitive to climate warming if sex-related vulnerability to drought occurs, since lower performance of one sex may drive differential stress tolerance, sex-related mortality rates and biased sex ratios. We explored the effect of sex and environment on branch hydraulic (hydraulic conductivity and vulnerability to embolism) and trunk anatomical traits in both sexes of the dioecious conifer Juniperus thurifera L. at two sites with contrasting water availability. Additionally, we tested for a trade-off between hydraulic safety (vulnerability to embolism) and efficiency (hydraulic conductivity). Vulnerability to embolism and hydraulic conductivity were unaffected by sex or site at branch level. In contrast, sex played a significant role in xylem anatomy. We found a trade-off between hydraulic safety and efficiency, with larger conductivities related to higher vulnerabilities to embolism. At the anatomical level, females' trunk showed xylem anatomical traits related to greater hydraulic efficiency (higher theoretical hydraulic conductivity) over safety (thinner tracheid walls, lower Mork's Index), whereas males' trunk anatomy followed a more conservative strategy, especially in the drier site. Reconciling the discrepancy between branch hydraulic function and trunk xylem anatomy would require a thorough and integrated understanding of the tree structure-function relationship at the whole-plant level. Nevertheless, lower construction costs and higher efficiency in females' xylem anatomy at trunk level might explain the previously observed higher growth rates in mesic habitats. However, prioritizing efficiency over safety in trunk construction might make females more sensitive to drought, endangering the species' persistence in a drier world.
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- José M Olano
- Área de Botánica, Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, EU de Ingenierías Agrarias, iuFOR-Universidad de Valladolid, Campus Duques de Soria, 42004 Soria, Spain
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- Institute of Ecology and Geography, Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Área de Botánica, Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, EU de Ingenierías Agrarias, iuFOR-Universidad de Valladolid, Campus Duques de Soria, 42004 Soria, Spain
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf 8903, Switzerland
- Climatic Change and Climate Impacts, Institute for Environmental Sciences, 66 Blvd Carl Vogt, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- BIOGECO, INRA, University of Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, France
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- CASEM - Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales,Campus Universitario de Puerto Real, 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain
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Sánchez-Gómez D, Mancha JA, Cervera MT, Aranda I. Inter-genotypic differences in drought tolerance of maritime pine are modified by elevated [CO2]. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 120:591-602. [PMID: 29059316 PMCID: PMC5737726 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Background and Aims Despite the importance of growth [CO 2 ] and water availability for tree growth and survival, little information is available on how the interplay of these two factors can shape intraspecific patterns of functional variation in tree species, particularly for conifers. The main objective of the study was to test whether the range of realized drought tolerance within the species can be affected by elevated [CO 2 ]. Methods Intraspecific variability in leaf gas exchange, growth rate and other leaf functional traits were studied in clones of maritime pine. A factorial experiment including water availability, growth [CO 2 ] and four different genotypes was conducted in growth rooms. A 'water deficit' treatment was imposed by applying a cycle of progressive soil water depletion and recovery at two levels of growth [CO 2 ]: 'ambient [CO 2 ]' (aCO 2 400 μmol mol -1 ) and 'elevated [CO 2 ]' (eCO 2 800 μmol mol -1 ). Key Results eCO2 had a neutral effect on the impact of drought on growth and leaf gas exchange of the most drought-sensitive genotypes while it aggravated the impact of drought on the most drought-tolerant genotypes at aCO2. Thus, eCO2 attenuated genotypic differences in drought tolerance as compared with those observed at aCO2. Genotypic variation at both levels of growth [CO2] was found in specific leaf area and leaf nitrogen content but not in other physiological leaf traits such as intrinsic water use efficiency and leaf osmotic potential. eCO2 increased Δ 13 C but had no significant effect on δ 18 O. This effect did not interact with the impact of drought, which increased δ 18 O and decreased Δ 13 C. Nevertheless, correlations between Δ 13 C and δ 18 O indicated the non-stomatal component of water use efficiency in this species can be particularly sensitive to drought. Conclusions Evidence from this study suggests elevated [CO 2 ] can modify current ranges of drought tolerance within tree species.
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- David Sánchez-Gómez
- Instituto Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario y Forestal de Castilla-La Mancha (IRIAF), Centro de Investigación Agroforestal de Albaladejito (CIAF), Carretera Toledo-Cuenca, km 174, 16194, Cuenca, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Forestales (CIFOR), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), Carretera de la Coruña km 7,5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Forestales (CIFOR), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), Carretera de la Coruña km 7,5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Forestales (CIFOR), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), Carretera de la Coruña km 7,5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Forestales (CIFOR), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), Carretera de la Coruña km 7,5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Effects of Drought on Xylem Anatomy and Water-Use Efficiency of Two Co-Occurring Pine Species. FORESTS 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/f8090332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DeSoto L, Olano JM, Rozas V. Secondary Growth and Carbohydrate Storage Patterns Differ between Sexes in Juniperus thurifera. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:723. [PMID: 27303418 PMCID: PMC4880588 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Differences in reproductive costs between male and female plants have been shown to foster sex-related variability in growth and C-storage patterns. The extent to which differential secondary growth in dioecious trees is associated with changes in stem carbohydrate storage patterns, however, has not been fully assessed. We explored the long-term radial growth and the seasonal variation of non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) content in sapwood of 40 males and 40 females Juniperus thurifera trees at two sites. NSC content was analyzed bimonthly for 1 year, and tree-ring width was measured for the 1931-2010 period. Sex-related differences in secondary growth and carbohydrate storage were site-dependent. Under less restrictive environmental conditions females grew more and stored more non-soluble sugars than males. Our results reinforce that sex-related differences in growth and resource storage may be a consequence of local adaptation to environmental conditions. Seasonal variation in soluble sugars concentration was opposite to cambial activity, with minima seen during periods of maximal secondary growth, and did not differ between the sexes or sites. Trees with higher stem NSC levels at critical periods showed higher radial growth, suggesting a common mechanism irrespective of site or sex. Sex-related patterns of secondary growth were linked to differences in non-soluble sugars content indicating sex-specific strategies of long-term performance.
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- Lucía DeSoto
- MedDendro Lab, Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Universidade de CoimbraCoimbra, Portugal
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- Área de Botánica, EUI Agrarias, Universidad de ValladolidSoria, Spain
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- Área de Botánica, EUI Agrarias, Universidad de ValladolidSoria, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de ChileValdivia, Chile
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Long-term Wood Production in Water-Limited Forests: Evaluating Potential CO2 Fertilization Along with Historical Confounding Factors. Ecosystems 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9882-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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García-Cervigón AI, Linares JC, Aibar P, Olano JM. Facilitation promotes changes in leaf economics traits of a perennial forb. Oecologia 2015; 179:103-16. [PMID: 25903388 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3312-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ana I García-Cervigón
- Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, EU de Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid, Los Pajaritos s/n, 42004, Soria, Spain,
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