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Contrasting carbon allocation responses of juvenile European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) to competition and ozone.
Environ. Pollut. 196, 534-543 (2015)
Allocation of recent photoassimilates of juvenile beech and spruce in response to twice-ambient ozone (2 × O3) and plant competition (i.e. intra vs. inter-specific) was examined in a phytotron study. To this end, we employed continuous 13CO2/12CO2 labeling during late summer and pursued tracer kinetics in CO2 released from stems. In beech, allocation of recent photoassimilates to stems was significantly lowered under 2 × O3 and increased in spruce when grown in mixed culture. As total tree biomass was not yet affected by the treatments, C allocation reflected incipient tree responses providing the mechanistic basis for biomass partitioning as observed in longer experiments. Compartmental modeling characterized functional properties of substrate pools supplying respiratory C demand. Respiration of spruce appeared to be exclusively supplied by recent photoassimilates. In beech, older C, putatively located in stem parenchyma cells, was a major source of respiratory substrate, reflecting the fundamental anatomical disparity between angiosperm beech and gymnosperm spruce.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Compartmental modeling; Plant–plant competition (intra versus inter-specific); CO2 efflux; Stable carbon isotope (13CO2/12CO2) labeling; Tropospheric ozone (O3); Birch Betula-pendula; Free-air Fumigation; Stem Co2 Efflux; Climate-change; Perennial Ryegrass; Tropospheric Ozone; Foliar Injury; Gas-exchange; Forest Trees; Pine Trees
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0269-7491
e-ISSN
1873-6424
Journal
Environmental Pollution
Quellenangaben
Volume: 196,
Pages: 534-543
Publisher
Elsevier
Publishing Place
Oxford
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Research Unit Environmental Simulation (EUS)