期刊
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
卷 38, 期 4, 页码 729-739出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12441
关键词
anisohydric; climate; die-off; hydraulics; isohydric; plant; storage; sugars; vegetation; water relations
资金
- Department of Energy's Office of Science (BER)
- Sevilleta LTER program [NSF DEB-0620482]
- UNM Sevilleta Field Station
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1440478] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Drought-induced forest mortality is an increasing global problem with wide-ranging consequences, yet mortality mechanisms remain poorly understood. Depletion of non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) stores has been implicated as an important mechanism in drought-induced mortality, but experimental field tests are rare. We used an ecosystem-scale precipitation manipulation experiment to evaluate leaf and twig NSC dynamics of two co-occurring conifers that differ in patterns of stomatal regulation of water loss and recent mortality: the relatively desiccation-avoiding pinon pine (Pinus edulis) and the relatively desiccation-tolerant one-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma). Pinon pine experienced 72% mortality after 13-25 months of experimental drought and juniper experienced 20% mortality after 32-47 months. Juniper maintained three times more NSC in the foliage than twigs, and converted NSC to glucose and fructose under drought, consistent with osmoregulation requirements to maintain higher stomatal conductance during drought than pinon. Despite these species differences, experimental drought caused decreased leaf starch content in dying trees of both species (P<0.001). Average dry-season leaf starch content was also a good predictor of drought-survival time for both species (R-2=0.93). These results, along with observations of drought-induced reductions to photosynthesis and growth, support carbon limitation as an important process during mortality of these two conifer species.
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