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Tree water status and growth of saplings and mature Norway spruce (Picea abies) at a dry distribution limit

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Title
Tree water status and growth of saplings and mature Norway spruce (Picea abies) at a dry distribution limit
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Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2015
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2015.00703
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Walter Oberhuber, Albin Hammerle, Werner Kofler

Abstract

We evaluated the size effect on stem water status and growth in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) occurring at the edge of its natural range in a dry inner Alpine environment (750 m asl, Tyrol, Austria). Intra-annual dynamics of stem water deficit (ΔW), maximum daily shrinkage (MDS), and radial growth (RG) were compared among saplings (stem diameter/height: 2.2 cm/93 cm; n = 7) and mature adult trees (25 cm/12.7 m; n = 6) during 2014. ΔW, MDS, and RG were extracted from stem diameter variations, which were continuously recorded by automatic dendrometers and the influence of environmental drivers was evaluated by applying moving correlation analysis (MCA). Additionally, we used Morlet wavelet analysis to assess the differences in cyclic radial stem variations between saplings and mature trees. Results indicate that saplings and mature trees were experiencing water limitation throughout the growing season. However, saplings exhibited a more strained stem water status and higher sensitivity to environmental conditions than mature trees. Hence, the significantly lower radial increments in saplings (0.16 ± 0.03 mm) compared to mature trees (0.54 ± 0.14 mm) is related to more constrained water status in the former, affecting the rate and duration of RG. The wavelet analysis consistently revealed more distinct diurnal stem variations in saplings compared to mature trees. Intra-annual RG was most closely related to climate variables that influence transpiration, i.e., vapor pressure deficit, relative air humidity, and air temperature. MCA, however, showed pronounced instability of climate-growth relationships, which masked missing temporal or significant correlations when the entire study period (April-October) was considered. We conclude that an increase in evaporative demand will impair regeneration and long-term stability of drought-prone inner Alpine Norway spruce forests.

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Argentina 1 2%
Unknown 61 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 8%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Student > Master 4 6%
Other 8 13%
Unknown 18 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 18 29%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 29%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 6%
Physics and Astronomy 1 2%
Engineering 1 2%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 20 32%
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