Climate change at Northern latitudes: Rising atmospheric humidity decreases transpiration, N-uptake and growth rate of hybrid aspen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tullus, Arvo ^a,b   Kupper, Priit ^b   Sellin, Arne ^b   Parts, Leopold ^c,d   Sõber, Jaak ^b   Tullus, Tea ^a   Lõhmus, Krista ^b   Sõber, Anu ^b   Tullus, Hardi ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMIDITY; HYBRID; LATITUDE; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTONIA; HUMIDITY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULUS; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 84864682059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042648     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. IPCC (2007) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 996.
2. Allen MR, Ingram WJ, ((2002)) Constraints on future changes in climate and the hydrologic cycle. Nature 419: 224-232.
3. Soden BJ, Jackson DL, Ramaswamy V, Schwarzkopf MD, Huang X, ((2005)) The radiative signature of upper tropospheric moistening. Science 310: 841-844.
4. Wentz FJ, Ricciardulli L, Hilburn K, Mears C, ((2007)) How much more rain will global warming bring? Science 317: 233-235.
5. Pagani M, Pedentchouk N, Huber M, Sluijs A, Schouten S, et al. ((2006)) Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum. Nature 442: 671-675.
6. Kont A, Jaagus J, Aunap R, ((2003)) Climate change scenarios and the effect of sea-level rise for Estonia. Global and Planetary Change 36: 1-15.
7. Trnka M, Olesen JE, Kersebaum KC, Skjelvåg AO, Eitzinger J, et al. ((2011)) Agroclimatic conditions in Europe under climate change. Global Change Biology 17: 2298-2318.
8. Lindner M, Maroschek M, Netherer S, Kremer A, Barbati A, et al. ((2010)) Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 698-709.
9. Gerten D, Luo Y, Le Maire G, Parton WJ, Keough C, et al. ((2008)) Modelled effects of precipitation on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Global Change Biology 14: 2365-2379.
10. Luo Y, Gerten D, Le Maire G, Parton WJ, Weng E, et al. ((2008)) Modeled interactive effects of precipitation, temperature, and [CO2] on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Global Change Biology 14: 1986-1999.
11. Held IM, Soden BJ, ((2000)) Water vapor feedback and global warming. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 25: 441-475.
12. Dessler AE, Zhang Z, Yang P, ((2008)) Water-vapor climate feedback inferred from climate fluctuations, 2003-2008. Geophysical Research Letters 35: L20704.
13. Dessler A, Sherwood SC, ((2009)) Atmospheric Science A Matter of Humidity in global warming? Science 323: 1020-1021.
14. Xue Q, Weiss A, Arkebauer TJ, Baenziger PS, ((2004)) Influence of soil water status and atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on leaf gas exchange in field-grown winter wheat. Environmental and Experimental Botany 51: 167-179.
15. Bovard BD, Curtis PS, Vogel CS, Su H-B, Schmid HP, ((2005)) Environmental controls on sap flow in a northern hardwood forest. Tree Physiology 25: 31-38.
16. Hölscher D, Koch O, Korn S, Leuschner C, ((2005)) Sap flux of five co-occurring tree species in a temperate broad-leaved forest during seasonal soil drought. Trees 19: 628-637.
17. Oren R, Sperry JS, Katul GG, Pataki DE, Ewers BE, et al. ((1999)) Survey and synthesis of intra- and interspecific variation in stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit. Plant Cell and Environment 22: 1515-1526.
18. Oren R, Pataki DE, ((2001)) Transpiration in response to variation in microclimate and soil moisture in southeastern deciduous forests. Oecologia 127: 549-559.
19. Sellin A, Kupper P, ((2004)) Within-crown variation in leaf conductance of Norway spruce: effects of irradiance, vapour pressure deficit, leaf water status and plant hydraulic constraints. Annals of Forest Science 61: 419-429.
20. Sellin A, Kupper P, ((2005)) Effects of light availability versus hydraulic constraints on stomatal responses within a crown of silver birch. Oecologia 142: 388-397.
21. Taylor G, Davies WJ, ((1986)) Yield Turgor of Growing Leaves of Betula and Acer. New Phytologist 104: 347-353.
22. Clifton-Brown JC, Jones MB, ((1999)) Alteration of transpiration rate, by changing air vapour pressure deficit, influences leaf extension rate transiently in Miscanthus. Journal of Experimental Botany 50: 1393-1401.
23. Pataki DE, Oren R, Katul G, Sigmon J, ((1998)) Canopy conductance of Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua and Quercus phellos under varying atmospheric and soil water conditions. Tree Physiology 18: 307-315.
24. Gilseröd HR, Mortensen LM, ((1990)) Relative humidity and nutrient concentration affect nutrient uptake and growth of Begonia×hiemalis. Hort Science 25: 524-526.
25. Leuschner C, ((2002)) Air humidity as an ecological factor for woodland herbs: leaf water status, nutrient uptake, leaf anatomy, and productivity of eight species grown at low or high vpd levels. Flora 197: 262-274.
26. Lendzion J, Leuschner C, ((2008)) Growth of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) saplings is limited by elevated atmospheric vapour pressure deficits. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 648-655.
27. del Amor FM, Marcelis LFM, ((2005)) Regulation of growth and nutrient uptake under different transpiration regimes. Acta Horticulturae 697: 523-528.
28. Ishibashi M, Terashima I, ((1995)) Effects of continuous leaf wetness on photosynthesis: adverse aspects of rainfall. Plant, Cell and Environment 18: 431-438.
29. Liu N, Dang Q-L, Parker WH, ((2006)) Genetic variation of Populus tremuloides in ecophysiological responses to CO2 elevation. Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 294-302.
30. Monclus R, Dreyer E, Villar M, Delmotte FM, Delay D, et al. ((2006)) Impact of drought on productivity and water use efficiency in 29 genotypes of Populus deltoides×Populus nigra. New Phytologist 169: 765-777.
31. Condon AG, Richards RA, Rebetzke GJ, Farquhar GD, ((2004)) Breeding for high water-use efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany 55: 2447-2460.
32. DeLucia EH, Maherali H, Carey EV, ((2000)) Climate-driven changes in biomass allocation in pines. Global Change Biology 6: 587-593.
33. Ford MA, Thorne GN, ((1974)) Effects of Atmospheric Humidity on Plant Growth. Annals of Botany 38: 441-452.
34. Wong S-C, ((1993)) Interaction between elevated atmospheric concentration of CO2 and humidity on plant growth: comparison between cotton and radish. Vegetatio 104/105: 211-221.
35. Kupper P, Sõber J, Sellin A, Lõhmus K, Tullus A, et al. ((2011)) An experimental facility for Free Air Humidity Manipulation (FAHM) can alter water flux through deciduous tree canopy. Environmental and Experimental Botany 72: 432-438.
36. Kouki J, Arnold K, Martikainen P, ((2004)) Long-term persistence of aspen - a key host for many threatened species - is endangered in old-growth conservation areas in Finland. Journal for Nature Conservation 12: 41-52.
37. Hedenas H, Blomberg P, Ericson L, ((2006)) Significance of old aspen (Populus tremula) trees for the occurrence of lichen photobionts. Biological Conservation 135: 380-387.
38. Lõhmus A, ((2011)) Aspen-inhabiting Aphyllophoroid fungi in a managed forest landscape in Estonia. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 26: 212-220.
39. Einspahr DW, Wyckoff, ((1978)) Growth response of hybrid aspen to intensive forest management. Tappi 61: 49-52.
40. Rytter L, ((2006)) A management regime for hybrid aspen stands combining conventional forestry techniques with early biomass harvests to exploit their rapid early growth. Forest Ecology and Management 236: 422-426.
41. Tullus A, Rytter L, Tullus T, Weih M, Tullus H, ((2012)) Short-rotation forestry with hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L.×P. tremuloides Michx.) in Northern Europe. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 27: 10-29.
42. Karnosky DF, Zak DR, Pregitzer KS, Awmack CS, Bockheim JG, et al. ((2003)) Tropospheric O3 moderates responses of temperate hardwood forests to elevated CO2: a synthesis of molecular to ecosystem results from the Aspen FACE project. Functional Ecology 17: 289-304.
43. Grant RF, Black TA, Gaumont-Guay D, Klujn N, Barr AG, et al. ((2006)) Net ecosystem productivity of boreal aspen forests under drought and climate change: Mathematical modelling with Ecosys. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 140: 152-170.
44. Cole CT, Anderson JE, Lindroth RL, Waller DM, ((2010)) Rising concentrations of atmospheric CO2 have increased growth in natural stands of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). Global Change Biology 16: 2186-2197.
45. Messaoud Y, Chen HYH, ((2011)) The Influence of Recent Climate Change on Tree Height Growth Differs with Species and Spatial Environment. PLoS ONE 6: e14691.
46. Hogg EH, Brandt JP, Kochtubajda B, ((2002)) Growth and dieback of aspen forest in northwestern Alberta, Canada, in relation to climate and insects. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 823-832.
47. Rehfeldt GE, Ferguson DE, Crookston NL, ((2009)) Aspen, climate, and sudden decline in western USA. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 2353-2364.
48. Alanen H, Beuker E, Leinonen K, Nygren M, ((2004)) Metsä- ja hybridihaapakloonien tunnistaminen morfologisten ominaispiirteiden avulla. Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 1: 102-106.
49. Hendrey GR, Ellsworth DE, Lewin KF, Nagy J, ((1999)) A free-air enrichment system for exposing tall forest vegetation to elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology 5: 293-309.
50. Storey JD, Tibshirani R, ((2003)) Statistical significance for genomewide studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100: 9440-9445.
51. Tullus A, Tullus H, Vares A, Kanal A, ((2007)) Early growth of hybrid aspen (Populus×wettsteinii Hämet-Ahti) plantations on former agricultural lands in Estonia. Forest Ecology and Management 245: 118-129.
52. Liesebach M, Wuehlisch von G, Muhs HJ, ((1999)) Aspen for short-rotation coppice plantations on agricultural sites in Germany: Effects of spacing and rotation time on growth and biomass production of aspen progenies. Forest Ecology and Management 121: 25-39.
53. Kerr G, ((2003)) Effects of spacing on the early growth of planted Fraxinus excelsior L. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33: 1196-1207.
54. Wyckoff PH, Clark JS, ((2005)) Tree growth prediction using size and exposed crown area. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 13-20.
55. Calama R, Montero G, ((2005)) Multilevel linear mixed model for tree diameter increment in stone pine (Pinus pinea): a calibrating approach. Silva Fennica 39: 37-54.
56. Coomes DA, Allen RB, ((2007)) Effects of size, competition and altitude on tree growth. Journal of Ecology 95: 1084-1097.
57. Burgess SSO, Dawson TE, ((2004)) The contribution of fog to the water relations of Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don): foliar uptake and prevention of dehydration. Plant, Cell and Environment 27: 1023-1034.
58. Reinhardt K, Smith WK, ((2008)) Impacts of cloud immersion on microclimate, photosynthesis and water relations of Abies fraseri (Pursh.) Poiret in a temperate mountain cloud forest. Oecologia 158: 229-238.
59. Cramer MD, Hawkins H-J, Verboom GA, ((2009)) The importance of nutritional regulation of plant water flux. Oecologia 161: 15-24.
60. Tullus A, Kanal A, Soo T, Tullus H, ((2010)) The impact of available water content in previous agricultural soils on tree growth and nutritional status in young hybrid aspen plantations in Estonia. Plant and Soil 333: 129-145.
61. Güsewell S, ((2004)) Tansley review. N: P ratios in terrestrial plants: variation and functional significance. New Phytologist 164: 243-266.
62. Niinemets Ü, ((1999)) Components of leaf dry mass per area- thickness and density- alter leaf photosynthetic capacity in reverse directions in woody plants. New Phytologist 144: 35-47.
63. Poorter H, Niinemets Ü, Poorter L, Wright IJ, Villar R, ((2009)) Tansley review. Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis. New Phytologist 182: 565-588.
64. Jarvis P, Linder S, ((2000)) Constraints to growth of boreal forests. Nature 405: 904-905.