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Title: Species-specific transpiration responses to intermediate disturbance in a northern hardwood forest: Transpiration response to disturbance

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002804· OSTI ID:1454702
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  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
  2. University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI (United States)
  3. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  4. Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ (United States)
  5. Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States)

Abstract Intermediate disturbances shape forest structure and composition, which may in turn alter carbon, nitrogen, and water cycling. We used a large‐scale experiment in a forest in northern lower Michigan where we prescribed an intermediate disturbance by stem girdling all canopy‐dominant early successional trees to simulate an accelerated age‐related senescence associated with natural succession. Using 3 years of eddy covariance and sap flux measurements in the disturbed area and an adjacent control plot, we analyzed disturbance‐induced changes to plot level and species‐specific transpiration and stomatal conductance. We found transpiration to be ~15% lower in disturbed plots than in unmanipulated control plots. However, species‐specific responses to changes in microclimate varied. While red oak and white pine showed increases in stomatal conductance during postdisturbance (62.5 and 132.2%, respectively), red maple reduced stomatal conductance by 36.8%. We used the hysteresis between sap flux and vapor pressure deficit to quantify diurnal hydraulic stress incurred by each species in both plots. Red oak, a ring porous anisohydric species, demonstrated the largest mean relative hysteresis, while red maple, bigtooth aspen, and paper birch, all diffuse porous species, had the lowest relative hysteresis. We employed the Penman‐Monteith model for LE to demonstrate that these species‐specific responses to disturbance are not well captured using current modeling strategies and that accounting for changes to leaf area index and plot microclimate are insufficient to fully describe the effects of disturbance on transpiration.

Research Organization:
Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
sc0007041
OSTI ID:
1454702
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1402258
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences, Vol. 119, Issue 12; ISSN 2169-8953
Publisher:
American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 37 works
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