Hydraulic redistribution of soil water in Populus euphratica Oliv. in a central Asian desert riparian forest

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 974-983

  Hao, Xing Ming ^a   Chen, Ya Ning ^a   Guo, Bin ^a   Ma, Jian Xing ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydraulic lift; Meteorological factors; Root distribution; Sap flow; Volumetric water content in soil

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC LIFTS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; SAP FLOW; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

ARID REGION; DESERT; HYDRAULICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAP FLOW; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS HANDLING; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

POPULUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 84890245883     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1338     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Brooks JR, Meinzer FC, Warren JM, Domec JC, Coluombem R. 2006. Hydraulic redistribution in a Douglas-fir forest: lessons from system manipulations. Plant, Cell & Environment 29: 138-150.
2. Burgess SSO. 2011. Can hydraulic redistribution put bread on our table? Plant and Soil 341: 25-29.
3. Burgess SSO, Adams MA, Turner NC, Ong CK. 1998. The redistribution of soil water by tree root systems. Oecologia 115: 306-311.
4. Burgess SSO, Adams MA, Turner NC, White DA, Ong CK. 2001. Tree roots: conduits for deep recharge of soil water. Oecologia 126: 158-165.
5. Caldwell MM, Dawson TE, Richards JH. 1998. Hydraulic lift: consequences of water efflux from the roots of plants. Oecologia 113: 151-161.
6. Campbell GS, Norman JM. 1998. Environmental Biophysics. Springer-Verlag: New York.
7. Chen YJ, Chen YN, Liu JZ, Li WH. 2004a. The reaction of groundwater chemical characteristics to eco-water conveyance at the lower reaches of Tarim River. Land and Water Management: Decision Tools and Practices. 1 and 2: 1313-1319.
8. Chen YN, Li WH, Chen YP, Zhang HF, Zhuang L. 2004b. Physiological response of natural plants to the change of groundwater level in the lower reaches of Tarim River, Xinjiang. Progress in Natural Science 14: 975-983.
9. Chen YN, Wang QA, Li WH, Ruan X, Chen YP, Zhang LH. 2006a. Rational groundwater table indicated by the ecophysiological parameters of the vegetation: a case study of ecological restoration in the lower reaches of the Tarim River. Chinese Science Bulletin 51: 8-15.
10. Chen YP, Chen YN, Li H, Xu CC. 2006b. Characterization of photosynthesis of Populus euphratica grown in the arid region. Photosynthetica 44: 622-626.
11. Chen YN, Pang ZH, Chen YP, Li WH, Xu CC, Hao XM, Huang X, Huang TM, Ye ZX. 2008. Response of riparian vegetation to water-table changes in the lower reaches of Tarim River, Xinjiang Uygur, China. Hydrogeology Journal 16: 1371-1379.
12. Chen YN, Chen YP, Xu CC, Ye ZX, Li ZQ, Zhu CG, Ma XD. 2010. Effects of ecological water conveyance on groundwater dynamics and riparian vegetation in the lower reaches of Tarim River, China. Hydrological Processes 24: 170-177.
13. Chimner RA, Cooper DJ. 2004. Using stable oxygen isotopes to quantify the water source used for transpiration by native shrubs in the San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA. Plant and Soil 260: 225-236.
14. Dawson TE. 1993. Hydraulic lift and water-use by plants - implications for water-balance, performance and plant-plant interactions. Oecologia 95: 565-574.
15. Domec JC, Warren M, Meinzer FC, Brooks JR, Coulombe R. 2004. Native root xylem embolism and stomatal closure in stands of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine: mitigation by hydraulic redistribution. Oecologia 141: 7-16.
16. Domec JC, Scholz FG, Bucci SJ, Meinzer FC, Goldstein G, Villalobos-Vega R. 2006. Diurnal and seasonal variation in root xylem embolism in neotropical savanna woody species: impact on stomatal control of plant water status. Plant, Cell & Environment 29: 26-35.
17. Flanagen LB, Ehleringer JR. 1991. Stable isotope composition of stem and leaf water: applications to the study of plant water use. Functional Ecology 5: 270-277.
18. Fu AH, Chen YN, Li WH. 2006. Analysis on water potential of Populus euphratica oliv and its meaning in the lower reaches of Tarim River, Xinjiang. Chinese Science Bulletin 51: 221-228.
19. Gries D, Zeng F, Foetzki A, Arndt SK, Bruelheide H, Thomas FM, Zhang X, Runge M. 2003. Growth and water relations of Tamarix ramosissima and Populus euphratica on Taklamakan desert dunes in relation to depth to a permanent water table. Plant, Cell & Environment 26: 725-736.
20. Hao XM, Chen YN, Li WH. 2009. Indicating appropriate groundwater tables for desert river-bank forest at the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 152: 167-177.
21. Hao XM, Li WH, Huang X, Zhu CG, Ma JX. 2010. Assessment of the groundwater threshold of desert riparian forest vegetation along the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River, China. Hydrological Processes 24: 178-186.
22. Horton JL, Clark JL. 2001. Water table decline alters growth and survival of Salix gooddingii and Tamarix chinensis seedlings. Forest Ecology and Management 140: 239-247.
23. Horton JL, Hart SC. 1998. Hydraulic lift: a potentially important ecosystem process. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13: 232-223.
24. Hultine KR, Williams DG, Burgess SSO, Keefer TO. 2003. Contrasting patterns of hydraulic redistribution in three desert phreatophytes. Oecologia 135: 167-175.
25. Hultine KR, Scott RL, Cable WL, Goodrich DC, Williams DG. 2004. Hydraulic redistribution by a dominant, warm-desert phreatophyte: seasonal patterns and response to precipitation pulses. Functional Ecology 18: 530-538.
26. Leffler AJ, Peek MS, Ryel RJ, Ivans CY, Caldwell MM. 2005. Hydraulic redistribution through the root systems of senesced plants. Ecology 86: 633-642.
27. Li JM, Xu HL. 2010. Response of the desert riparian vegetation to water recharges in the lower reaches of Tarim River, Xinjiang, China. Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Environmental Science and Development. 43-47.
28. Li WH, Hao XM, Chen YJ, Zhang LH, Ma XD, Zhou HH. 2010. Response of groundwater chemical characteristics to ecological water conveyance in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China. Hydrological Processes 24: 187-195.
29. Liu JZ, Chen YN, Zhang HF, Li WH. 2004. Degradation of vegetation in the lower reaches of Tarim River. Water-Saving Agriculture and Sustainable Use of Water and Land Resources 1 and 2, Proceedings: 928-934.
30. Liu JZ, Chen YN, Chen YJ, Zhang N, Li WH. 2005. Degradation of Populus euphratica community in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) 17: 740-747.
31. Ludwig F, Dawson TE, Kroon H, Berendse F, Prins HHT. 2003. Hydraulic lift in Acacia tortilis trees on an East African savanna. Oecologia 134: 293-300.
32. McMichael BL, Lascano RJ. 2010. Evaluation of hydraulic lift in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) germplasm. Environmental and Experimental Botany 68: 26-30.
33. Moroke TS, Schwartz RC, Brown KW, Juo ASR. 2011. Water use efficiency of dryland cowpea, sorghum and sunflower under reduced tillage. Soil & Tillage Research 112: 76-84.
34. Munoza MR, Squeo FA, Leon MF, Tracolb Y, Gutierrez JR. 2008. Hydraulic lift in three shrub species from the Chilean coastal desert. Journal of Arid Environments 72: 624-632.
35. Oliveira S, Beaerra L, Davidson EA, Pinto F, Klink CA, Nepstad C, Moreira A. 2005. Deep root function in soil water dynamics in cerrado savannas of central Brazil. Functional Ecology 19: 574-581.
36. Phillips DL, Newsome SD, Gregg JW. 2005. Combining sources in stable isotope mixing models: alternative methods. Oecologia 144: 520-527.
37. Prieto I, Padilla FM, Armas C, Pugnaire FI. 2011. The role of hydraulic lift on seedling establishment under a nurse plant species in a semi-arid environment. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 13: 181-187.
38. Querejeta JI, Egerton-Warburton LM, Allen MF. 2007. Hydraulic lift may buffer rhizosphere hyphae against the negative effects of severe soil drying in a California Oak savanna. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39: 409-417.
39. Ruan X, Wang Q, Pan CD, Chen YN, Jiang H. 2009. Physiological acclimation strategies of riparian plants to environment change in the delta of the Tarim River, China. Environmental Geology 57: 1761-1773.
40. Ryel RJ, Caldwell MM, Yoder CK, Leffler AJ. 2002. Hydraulic redistribution in a stand of Artemisia tridentata: evaluation of benefits to transpiration assessed with a simulation model. Oecologia 130: 173-184.
41. Scholz FG, Bucci SJ, Goldstein G, Moreira MZ, Meinzer FC, Domec JC, Villalobos-Vega R, Franco AC, Miralles-Wilhelm F. 2008. Biophysical and life-history determinants of hydraulic lift in Neotropical savanna trees. Functional Ecology 22: 773-786.
42. Sun Z, Chang NB, Opp C, Hennig T. 2011. Evaluation of ecological restoration through vegetation patterns in the lower Tarim River, China with MODIS NDVI data. Ecological Informatics 6: 156-163.
43. Warren JM, Meinzer FC, Brooks JR, Domec JC. 2005. Vertical stratification of soil water storage and release dynamics in Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 130: 39-58.
44. Warren JM, Brooks JR, Dragila MI, Meinzer FC. 2011. In situ separation of root hydraulic redistribution of soil water from liquid and vapor transport. Oecologia 166: 899-911.
45. Xie ZH, Yuan X. 2010. Prediction of water table under stream-aquifer interactions over an arid region. Hydrological Processes 24: 160-169.
46. Ye ZX, Chen YN, Li WH, Yan Y. 2009. Effect of the ecological water conveyance project on environment in the Lower Tarim River, Xinjiang, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 149: 9-17.
47. Zhang YM, Chen YN, Pan BR. 2005. Distribution and floristics of desert plant communities in the lower reaches of Tarim River, southern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Journal of Arid Environments 63: 772-784.
48. Zhou HH, Chen YN, Li WH, Chen YP. 2010. Photosynthesis of Populus euphratica in relation to groundwater depths and high temperature in arid environment, Northwest China. Photosynthetica 48: 257-268.
49. Zhuang L, Chen YN. 2006. Physiological responses of three contrasting plant species to groundwater level changes in an arid environment. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 48: 520-526.
50. Zou CB, Barnes PW, Archer S, McMurtry CR. 2005. Soil moisture redistribution as a mechanism of facilitation in savanna tree-shrub clusters. Oecologia 145: 32-40.