EGU2020-21022
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21022
EGU General Assembly 2020
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Species-specific relationship between sapflux density and diameter growth rates for six years

Minsu Lee1, Juhan Park2, Sungsik Cho2,3, and Hyun-Seok Kim1,2,4
Minsu Lee et al.
  • 1Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (greenguy75@hanmail.net)
  • 2National Center for Agro Meteorology, Seoul, South Korea
  • 3Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
  • 4Institute of Future Environmental and Forest Resources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (cameroncrazies@snu.ac.kr)

Transpiration and photosynthesis are connected each other through stomata, therefore, biomass increment of trees should have close relationships with their water use. However, the relationship is species specific and it is also dependent on various biotic and abiotic factors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of sapflux with diameter increment of individual trees among six different species using Granier type sapflow sensors and diameter growth band installed from 2012. The growth of two conifer (Pinus koraiensis, Abies holophylla), five broadleaf (Quercus aliena, Q. variabilis, Q. serrata, Carpinus laxiflora, C. cordata) were investigated at Mt. Taehwa and Gwangneung National Arboretum. Net Primary Production was calcualted based on speceis specific allometric equations. The relationship between sapflux density and diameter growth was different among species. For example, Q. aliena and A. holophylla had positive relationship between sapflux density and diameter growth (p = 0.037 and p =0.001, respectively), while P. koraiensis did not follow the trend (p = 0.5). However, when tree level transpiration was calculated by mulitiplying sapflux density with its sapwood area. In general, all species showed significant positive correlations between the transpiration and NPP (e.g., P. koraiensis(p = 0.003), Q. aliena and A. holophylla(p <0.001). In addition, comparison between conifer and broad leaves species, the conifers show the bigger changes in diameter growth and eventually NPP than that of the broad leaves tree in the same change of transpiration. Therefore, WUE for biomass increment was higher in conifer than broadleaf species.

How to cite: Lee, M., Park, J., Cho, S., and Kim, H.-S.: Species-specific relationship between sapflux density and diameter growth rates for six years, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-21022, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21022, 2020

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