Seasonal patterns of leaf gas exchange and water relations in dry rain forest trees of contrasting leaf phenology

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 657-664

  Choat, Brendan ^a,b,d   Ball, Marilyn C ^b   Luly, Jon G ^a   Donnelly, Christine F ^c   Holtum, Joseph A M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous; Dry tropical forest; Evergreen; Stomatal conductance; Water potential

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF; LEAF AREA; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ALPHITONIA EXCELSA; AUSTROMYRTUS; BRACHYCHITON; COCHLOSPERMUM; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 33646487762     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.5.657     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Bond, B.J. and K.L. Kavanagh. 1999. Stomatal behavior of four woody species in relation to leaf-specific hydraulic conductance and threshold water potential. Tree Physiol. 19:503-510.
2. Borchert, R. 1980. Phenology and ecophysiology of tropical trees - Erythrina poeppigiana Cook, O.F. Ecology 61:1065-1074.
3. Borchert, R. 1994. Soil and stem water storage determine phenology and distribution of tropical dry forest trees. Ecology 75:1437-1449.
4. Brodribb, T.J. and T.S. Feild. 2000. Stem hydraulic supply is linked to leaf photosynthetic capacity: evidence from New Caledonian and Tasmanian rain forests. Plant Cell Environ. 23:1381-1388.
5. Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook 2003. Changes in leaf hydraulic conductance during leaf shedding in seasonally dry tropical forest. New Phytol. 158:295-303.
6. Brodribb, T.J., N.M. Holbrook and M.V. Gutierrez. 2002. Hydraulic and photosynthetic co-ordination in seasonally dry tropical forest trees. Plant Cell Environ. 25:1435-1444.
7. Choat, B., M. Ball, J. Luly and J. Holtum. 2003. Pit membrane porosity and water stress-induced cavitation in four co-existing dry rain forest tree species. Plant Physiol. 131:41-48.
8. Choat, B., M.C. Ball, J.G. Luly and J.A.M. Holtum. 2005. Hydraulic architecture of dry rain forest trees from north Queensland, Australia. Trees 19:305-311.
9. Cochard, H., L. Coll, X. Le Roux and T. Ameglio. 2002. Unraveling the effects of plant hydraulics on stomatal closure during water stress in walnut. Plant Physiol. 128:282-290.
10. Davies, W.J. and J.H. Zhang 1991. Root signals and the regulation of growth and development of plants in drying soil. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 42:55-76.
11. Duff, G.A., B.A. Myers, R.J. Williams, D. Eamus, A. Ogrady and I.R. Fordyce. 1997. Seasonal patterns in soil moisture, vapour pressure deficit, tree canopy cover and pre-dawn water potential in a northern Australian savanna. Aust. J. Bot. 45:211-224.
12. Eamus, D. 1999. Ecophysiological traits of deciduous and evergreen woody species in the seasonally dry tropics. Trends Ecol. Evol. 14:11-16.
13. Eamus, D. and L. Prior. 2001. Ecophysiology of trees of seasonally dry tropics: Comparisons among phenologies. Adv. Ecol. Res. 32:113-197.
14. Eamus, D., B. Myers, G. Duff and D. Williams. 1999a. Seasonal changes in photosynthesis of eight savanna tree species. Tree Physiol. 19:665-671.
15. Eamus, D., B. Myers, G. Duff and R. Williams. 1999b. A cost-benefit analysis of leaves of eight Australian savanna tree species of differing leaf life-span. Photosynthetica 36:575-586.
16. Fensham, R.J. 1995. Floristics and environmental relations of inland dry rain forest in north Queensland, Aust. J. Biogeogr. 22:1047-1063.
17. Franco, A.C., M. Bustamante, L.S. Caldas, G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, A.R. Kozovits, P. Rundel and V.T.R. Coradin. 2005. Leaf functional traits of Neotropical savanna trees in relation to seasonal water deficit. Trees 19:326-335.
18. Gillison, A.N. 1987. The 'dry' rain forests of Terra Australis. In The Rain Forest Legacy. Australian National Rain Forests Study. Eds. G. Werren and A.P. Kershaw. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, pp 305-321.
19. Goldstein, G., F. Rada, P. Rundel, A. Azocar and A. Orozco. 1989. Gas exchange and water relations of evergreen and deciduous tropical savanna trees. Ann. Sci. For. 46:S448-S453.
20. Gregoire, T.G., H.T. Valentine and G.M. Furnival. 1995. Sampling methods to estimate foliage and other characteristics of individual trees. Ecology 76:1181-1194.
21. Hogan, K.P., A.P. Smith and M. Samaniego. 1995. Gas exchange in 6 tropical semi-deciduous forest canopy tree species during the wet and dry seasons. Biotropica 27:324-333.
22. Holbrook, N.M., J.L. Whitbeck and H.A. Mooney. 1995. Drought responses of neotropical dry forest trees. In Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests. Eds. S.H. Bullock, H.A. Mooney and E. Medina. Cambridge University Press, U.K., pp 243-276.
23. Jackson, P.C., F.C. Meinzer, M. Bustamante, G. Goldstein, A. Franco, P.W. Rundel, L. Caldas, E. Igler and F. Causin. 1999. Partitioning of soil water among tree species in a Brazilian Cerrado ecosystem. Tree Physiol. 19:717-724.
24. Jones, H.G. and R.A. Sutherland. 1991. Stomatal control of xylem embolism. Plant Cell Environ. 14:607-612.
25. Machado, J.L. and M.T. Tyree. 1994. Patterns of hydraulic architecture and water relations of 2 tropical canopy trees with contrasting leaf phenologies - Ochroma pyramidale and Pseudobombax septenatum. Tree Physiol. 14:219-240.
26. Martin, C.E., V.S. Loeschen and R. Borchert. 1994. Photosynthesis and leaf longevity in trees of a tropical deciduous forest in Costa Rica. Photosynthetica 30:341-351.
27. Medina, E. and M. Francisco. 1994. Photosynthesis and water relations of savanna tree species differing in leaf phenology. Tree Physiol. 14:1367-1381.
28. Myers, B.A., G.A. Duff, D. Eamus, I.R. Fordyce, A. Ogrady and R.J. Williams. 1997. Seasonal variation in water relations of trees of differing leaf phenology in a wet-dry tropical savanna near Darwin, northern Australia. Aust. J. Bot. 45:225-240.
29. Nardini, A. and S. Salleo 2000. Limitation of stomatal conductance by hydraulic traits: sensing or preventing xylem cavitation? Trees 15:14-24.
30. Olivares, E. and E. Medina. 1992. Water and nutrient relations of woody perennials from tropical dry forests. J. Veg. Sci. 3:383-392.
31. Prado, C. and J. DeMoraes. 1997. Photosynthetic capacity and specific leaf mass in twenty woody species of Cerrado vegetation under field conditions. Photosynthetica 33:103-112.
32. Prior, L.D., D. Eamus and G.A. Duff. 1997. Seasonal trends in carbon assimilation, stomatal conductance, pre-dawn leaf water potential and growth in Terminalia ferdinandiana, a deciduous tree of northern Australian Savannas. Aust. J. Bot. 45:53-69.
33. Reich, P.B. and R. Borchert. 1988. Changes with leaf age in stomatal function and water status of several tropical tree species. Biotropica 20:60-69.
34. Reich, P.B., D.S. Ellsworth, M.B. Walters, J.M. Vose, C. Gresham, J.C. Volin and W.D. Bowman. 1999. Generality of leaf trait relationships: A test across six biomes. Ecology 80:1955-1969.
35. Salleo, S., A. Nardini, F. Pitt and M.A. Lo Gullo. 2000. Xylem cavitation and hydraulic control of stomatal conductance in Laurel (Laurus nobilis L.). Plant Cell Environ. 23:71-79.
36. Sobrado, M.A. 1986. Aspects of tissue water relations and seasonal changes of leaf water potential components of evergreen and deciduous species coexisting in tropical dry forests. Oecologia 68:413-416.
37. Sobrado, M.A. 1993. Trade off between water transport efficiency and leaf life span in a tropical dry forest. Oecologia 96:19-23.
38. Sobrado, M.A. 1994. Leaf age effects on photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and nitrogen content in a tropical dry forest. Physiol. Plant. 90:210-215.
39. Sobrado, M.A. 1996. Leaf photosynthesis and water loss as influenced by leaf age and seasonal drought in an evergreen tree. Photosynthetica 32:563-568.
40. Sparks, J.P. and R.A. Black. 1999. Regulation of water loss in populations of Populus trichocarpa: the role of stomatal control in preventing xylem cavitation. Tree Physiol. 19:453-459.
41. Sperry, J.S. and W.T. Pockman. 1993. Limitation of transpiration by hydraulic conductance and xylem cavitation in Betula occidentalis. Plant Cell Environ. 16:279-287.
42. i and on stem hydraulic conductance and foliar ABA concentrations. J. Exp. Bot. 50:243-251.
43. Unwin, G.L. and P.E. Kriedemann. 1990. Drought tolerance and rain-forest tree growth on a North Queensland rainfall gradient. For. Ecol. Manage. 30:113-123.