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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (7): 24-34.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220868

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Control of Environmental Factors on the Sap Flow at Daily and Seasonal Scales in Ulmus macrocarpa in Beijing, China

Kai Zhang1,2(),Yanli Sun3,Jichao Wei4,Yaqian Fan5,Xiaoxue Han5,Lin Li5,Xiaoshuai Wei1,2,Xinhao Li1,2,Peng Liu1,2,Tianshan Zha1,2,*()   

  1. 1. School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083
    2. State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources  Beijing 100083
    3. The Beijing Center for Forest Resource Planning and Monitoring Beijing 100193
    4. Beijing Lülin Shengyuan Greening Engineering Co., Ltd Beijing 102400
    5. Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve Beijing 102115
  • Received:2022-12-06 Online:2023-07-25 Published:2023-09-08
  • Contact: Tianshan Zha E-mail:2080908223@qq.com;tianshanzha@bjfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Objective: This study was carried out to explore the responses of the sap flow and transpiration to the environmental factors at different time scales, and the result here could provide scientific support for formulating appropriate management for forest ecosystem and improve the accuracy of assessment of water conservation function of forest ecosystem. Method: The thermal diffusion method was used to continuously monitor the sap flow of Ulmus macrocarpa in Songshan, Beijing during the growing season in 2019 and 2020, and the relevant environmental variables were observed simultaneously. Linear and non-linear regressions were used to analyze abiotic control on sap flow. Result: The cumulative transpiration was 333.85 mm and 252.27 mm in 2019 and 2020, respectively, with daily means of 1.82 mm and 1.37 mm in the two years, respectively. Seasonally, the Js was controlled by shortwave radiation (Rs), air temperature (Ta), water vapor pressure deficit (VPD). The relationships between Js and Rs, Ta and VPD were significantly and positively linear, with the coefficient of determination R2 being 0.93, 0.88 and 0.89, respectively, and with a VPD threshold of 0.9 kPa in growing season. The relationship of Js and Rs was stronger (higher R2) than that with both Ta and VPD in the same month. The daily variation in Js lagged that of Rs, but preceded that of Ta and VPD. The relationships between gs and Rs, Ta, and VPD were non-linear correlation, being different from the responses of Js to environmental factors. Conclusion: There are differences between seasonal and diurnal scale in environmental control mechanism of sap flow, the changes of environmental factors affect the sap flow of plant mainly through inducing stomatal changes. The time lag between Js and environmental factors is explained by the difference in response of canopy stomatal conductance (gs) and Js to environmental factors. The time lag and sensitivity of sap flow to environmental factors can reflect drought tolerance and environmental adaptability. These results would help estimation of transpiration under similar environmental conditions and improvment of hydrological model for assessment of water conservation function of forest ecosystem.

Key words: sap flow, environmental factors, radiation, canopy stomatal conductance, time lag

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