Leaf water relations of competitive Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea trees during 4 years differing in soil drought
Leaf water relations of competitive Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea trees during 4 years differing in soil drought
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不同土壤干旱条件下竞争性水青冈和栎树4年叶水关系
DOI:
10.1139/x99-205
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
C. Leuschner
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Backes;C. Leuschner
Leaf water relations of competitive mature Fagus and Quercus trees were compared during four seasons with low, moderate, or high soil drought intensities in humid northwestern Germany. Leaf conductances (gl) typically were higher by about 30% in Quercus than in Fagus sun leaves. Predawn leaf water potentials (Ψpd) and osmotic po- tentials (Πo, Πp) were remarkably similar for the two species. Fagus had significantly lower leaf tissue elasticities (emax) than Quercus in dry but not in wet summers. Interannual variabilities in water status parameters were large for gl and seasonal bulk leaf turgor (P) minima; moderate for emax and daily water potential (Ψ) minima; and small for Πo, Πp, and the relative leaf water content at zero turgor. Fagus regulated water loss conservatively with only limited re- ductions in P and Ψ in wet or moderately dry seasons but large decreases in Ψpd, gl, photosynthesis, and growth during occasional severe droughts. Quercus displayed patterns of a stress-tolerating species (lower emax, a less drought- sensitive stomatal regulation, and apparently significant drought-induced osmotic adjustment). In temperate humid envi - ronments, tree water relations should be studied for at least three or four seasons to account for large interannual variabilities in water status parameters. Resume : Pendant quatre saisons de croissance, nous avons compare les relations hydriques du feuillage d'arbres matu- res des genres Fagus et Quercus. Ces arbres etaient places en conditions de competition et soumis a des intensites faible, moderee et elevee d'assechement du sol, dans une region humide du nord-ouest de l'Allemagne. La conductance