期刊
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
卷 41, 期 4, 页码 823-836出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13152
关键词
arid environments; false rings; Nevada; North American monsoon; snowpack; tracheids; xylem differentiation
资金
- U.S. National Science Foundation [AGS-P2C2-1401381]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Div Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences [1401381] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Future seasonal dynamics of wood formation in hyperarid environments are still unclear. Although temperature-driven extension of the growing season and increased forest productivity are expected for boreal and temperate biomes under global warming, a similar trend remains questionable in water-limited regions. We monitored cambial activity in a montane stand of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) from the Mojave Desert for 2 consecutive years (2015-2016) showing opposite-sign anomalies between warm-and cold-season precipitation. After the wet winter/ spring of 2016, xylogenesis started 2 months earlier compared to 2015, characterized by abundant monsoonal (July-August) rainfall and hyperarid spring. Tree size did not influence the onset and ending of wood formation, highlighting a predominant climatic control over xylem phenological processes. Moisture conditions in the previous month, in particular soil water content and dew point, were the main drivers of cambial phenology. Latewood formation started roughly at the same time in both years; however, monsoonal precipitation triggered the formation of more false rings and density fluctuations in 2015. Because of uncertainties in future precipitation patterns simulated by global change models for the Southwestern United States, the dependency of P. ponderosa on seasonal moisture implies a greater conservation challenge than for species that respond mostly to temperature conditions.
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