Contrasting Hydraulic Strategies during Dry Soil Conditions in Quercus rubra and Acer rubrum in a Sandy Site in Michigan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Meteorological Data
2.3. Soil Moisture Measurements
2.4. Leaf Water Potential Measurements
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Leaf Water Potential
VPD, SM combinations | |||||
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VPD measurements height | 46 m | 46 m | 3 m | 3 m | |
SM integration depth | 0–30 cm | 0–60 cm | 0–30 cm | 0–60 cm | |
Effects on minimum daily leaf water potential | Species | <0.001 | 0.009 | <0.001 | 0.012 |
SM | 0.638 (NS) | 0.461 (NS) | 0.128 (NS) | 0.180 (NS) | |
VPD | 0.873 (NS) | 0.448 (NS) | 0.157 (NS) | 0.129 (NS) | |
Species × SM | 0.001 | 0.027 | 0.003 | 0.041 | |
Species × VPD | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
SM × VPD | 0.434 (NS) | 0.244 (NS) | 0.037 | 0.052 (NS) |
3.2. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Thomsen, J.E.; Bohrer, G.; Matheny, A.M.; Ivanov, V.Y.; He, L.; Renninger, H.J.; Schäfer, K.V.R. Contrasting Hydraulic Strategies during Dry Soil Conditions in Quercus rubra and Acer rubrum in a Sandy Site in Michigan. Forests 2013, 4, 1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.3390/f4041106
Thomsen JE, Bohrer G, Matheny AM, Ivanov VY, He L, Renninger HJ, Schäfer KVR. Contrasting Hydraulic Strategies during Dry Soil Conditions in Quercus rubra and Acer rubrum in a Sandy Site in Michigan. Forests. 2013; 4(4):1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.3390/f4041106
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomsen, Julia E., Gil Bohrer, Ashley M. Matheny, Valeriy Y. Ivanov, Lingli He, Heidi J. Renninger, and Karina V. R. Schäfer. 2013. "Contrasting Hydraulic Strategies during Dry Soil Conditions in Quercus rubra and Acer rubrum in a Sandy Site in Michigan" Forests 4, no. 4: 1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.3390/f4041106