期刊
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 210, 期 3, 页码 839-849出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13868
关键词
climate change; deciduous trees; ecohydrology; laser spectroscopy; plant-water relations; root uptake; soil water; stable isotopes
资金
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [GE 1090/10-1, WE 4598/2-1]
Plants rely primarily on rainfall infiltrating their root zones - a supply that is inherently variable, and fluctuations are predicted to increase on most of the Earth's surface. Yet, interrelationships between water availability and plant use on short timescales are difficult to quantify and remain poorly understood. To overcome previous methodological limitations, we coupled high-resolution insitu observations of stable isotopes in soil and transpiration water. We applied the approach along with Bayesian mixing modeling to track the fate of H-2-labeled rain pulses following drought through soil and plants of deciduous tree ecosystems. We resolve how rainwater infiltrates the root zones in a nonequilibrium process and show that tree species differ in their ability to quickly acquire the newly available source. Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) adjusted root uptake to vertical water availability patterns under drought, but readjustment toward the rewetted topsoil was delayed. By contrast, European beech (Fagus sylvatica) readily utilized water from all soil depths independent of water depletion, enabling faster uptake of rainwater. Our results demonstrate that species-specific plasticity and responses to water supply fluctuations on short timescales can now be identified and must be considered to predict vegetation functional dynamics and water cycling under current and future climatic conditions.
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