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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (12): 24-31.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20141204

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Effects of Seasonal Drought on the Water Use Efficiency of Qianyanzhou Plantation

Mi Na1, Wen Xuefa2, Cai Fu1, Wang Yang3, Zhang Yushu1   

  1. 1. Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological Administration Shenyang 110166;
    2. Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101;
    3. Liaoning Institute of Meteorological Sciences Shenyang 110166
  • Received:2014-02-17 Revised:2014-06-24 Online:2014-12-25 Published:2015-01-08

Abstract:

Data from the eddy covariance measurements in Qianyanzhou plantation forest in ChinaFLUX (2003-2008) and a process-based model (EALCO) were applied to estimate of gross primary production (GPP), evapotranspiration (ET) and canopy stomatal conductance at the ecosystem level. In terms of water use efficiency (WUE), intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi) and inherent water use efficiency (IWUE), the effects of seasonal drought on the coupling of carbon and water were investigated. The results showed that for the short-term response to drought, WUE decreased during drought. There were no obvious effects of drought on annual WUE. However, annual WUE was significantly correlated with solar radiation (r=-0.903,P=0.014). In response to the short-term drought, the WUEi and IWUE increased, which suggested that the weighted average concentration of intercellular carbon dioxide through the canopy and within the tower footprint reduced in drought occurrence with a constant atmospheric CO2 concentration. WUEi increased sharply when REW(relative extractable soil water) dropped below 0.4, thus REW=0.4 might be taken as a threshold to identify WUEi under drought stress. Compared to WUE, IWUE and WUEi are more appropriate for describing the biochemical functions of vascular plants and should be applied more in the future research.

Key words: water use efficiency, inherent water use efficiency, inherent water use efficiency, relative extractable soil water, drought stress

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