Contribution of hydraulically lifted deep moisture to the water budget in a Southern California mixed forest

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1561-1572

  Kitajima, Kuni ^a   Allen, Michael F ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

eddy covariance flux; isotope; modeling; sensing technology; water budget

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CAPILLARITY; DROUGHT; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUNGUS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MIXED FOREST; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE FLUX; MYCORRHIZA; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; WATER BUDGET; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892930663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012JG002255     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Aber, J. D., and, C. A. Federer, (1992), A generalized, lumped-parameter model of photosynthesis, evapotranspiration and net primary production in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems, Oecologia, 92 (4), 463-474, doi: 10.1007/BF00317837. (Pubitemid 24408706)
2. Allen, M. F., (1991), The Ecology of Mycorrhizae, pp. 105, Cambridge University Press.
3. Allen, M. F., (2009), Bidirectional water flows through the soil-fungal-plant mycorrhizal continuum, New Phytol., 182 (2), 290-293, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02815.x.
4. Allen, M. F., W. Swenson, J. I. Querejeta, L. M. Egerton-Warburton, and, K. K. Treseder, (2003), Ecology of mycorrhizae: A conceptual framework for complex interactions among plants and fungi, Annu. Rev. Phytopathol., 41 (1), 271-303, doi: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.41.052002.095518. (Pubitemid 37399683)
5. Allen, M. F., et al. (2007), Soil sensor technology: Life within a pixel, BioScience, 57 (10), 859-867. (Pubitemid 350115536)
6. Allen, M. F., and, K. Kitajima, (2013), In situ high frequency observations of mycorrhizas, New Phytol., 200, 222-228, doi: 10.1111/nph.12363.
7. Amenu, G. G., and, P. Kumar, (2008), A model for hydraulic redistribution incorporating coupled soil-root moisture transport, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discussions, 12 (1), 55-74. (Pubitemid 351169931)
8. Amthor, J. S., et al. (2001), Boreal forest CO2 exchange and evapotranspiration predicted by nine ecosystem process models: Intermodel comparisons and relationships to field measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D24), 33,623-33,648, doi: 10.1029/2000JD900850.
9. Bales, R. C., J. W. Hopmans, A. T. O'Geen, M. Meadows, P. C. Hartsough, P. Kirchner, C. T. Hunsaker, and, D. Beaudette, (2011), Soil moisture response to snowmelt and rainfall in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest, Vadose Zone J., 10 (3), 786-799, doi: 10.2136/vzj2011.0001.
10. Bleby, T. M., A. J. Mcelrone, and, R. B. Jackson, (2010), Water uptake and hydraulic redistribution across large woody root systems to 20 m depth, Plant Cell Environ., 33 (12), 2132-2148, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02212.x.
11. Bornyasz, M. A., R. C. Graham, and, M. F. Allen, (2005), Ectomycorrhizae in a soil-weathered granitic bedrock regolith: Linking matrix resources to plants, Geoderma, 126 (1-2), 141-160, doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.11.023. (Pubitemid 40383734)
12. Braswell, B. H., W. J. Sacks, E. Linder, and, D. S. Schimel, (2005), Estimating diurnal to annual ecosystem parameters by synthesis of a carbon flux model with eddy covariance net ecosystem exchange observations, Global Change Biol., 11 (2), 335-355, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00897.x. (Pubitemid 40273703)
13. Burgess, S. S., M. A. Adams, N. C. Turner, and, C. K. Ong, (1998), The redistribution of soil water by tree root systems, Oecologia, 115 (3), 306-311. (Pubitemid 28336085)
14. Burton, A. J., K. S. Pregitzer, R. W. Ruess, R. L. Hendrick, and, M. F. Allen, (2002), Root respiration in North American forests: Effects of nitrogen concentration and temperature across biomes, Oecologia, 131 (4), 559-568, doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-0931-7. (Pubitemid 36080236)
15. Cayan, D., E. Maurer, M. Dettinger, M. Tyree, and, K. Hayhoe, (2008), Climate change scenarios for the California region, Clim. Change, 87, 21-42, doi: 10.1007/s10584-007-9377-6.
16. Egerton-Warburton, L. M., R. C. Graham, and, K. R. Hubbert, (2003), Spatial variability in mycorrhizal hyphae and nutrient and water availability in a soil-weathered bedrock profile, Plant Soil, 249 (2), 331-342, doi: 10.1023/A:1022860432113. (Pubitemid 36684586)
17. Egerton-Warburton, L. M., J. I. Querejeta, and, M. F. Allen, (2007), Common mycorrhizal networks provide a potential pathway for the transfer of hydraulically lifted water between plants, J. Exp. Bot., 58 (6), 1473-1483, doi: 10.1093/jxb/erm009. (Pubitemid 47355646)
18. Egerton-Warburton, L. M., J. I. Querejeta, and, M. F. Allen, (2008), Efflux of hydraulically lifted water from mycorrhizal fungal hyphae during imposed drought, Plant Signal. Behav., 3 (1), 68-71, doi: 10.4161/psb.3.1.4924. (Pubitemid 351448590)
19. Feddes, R. A., P. J. Kowalik, and, H. Zaradny, (1978), Simulation of Field Water Use and Crop Yield, Wageningen, Centre for Agricultural Pub. and Documentation.
20. Fellows, A., and, M. L. Goulden, (2013), Controls on gross production by a semiarid forest growing near its warm and dry ecotonal limit, Agric. For. Meteorol., 169, 51-60.
21. Glenn, E. P., K. Morino, P. L. Nagler, R. S. Murray, S. Pearlstein, and, K. R. Hultine, (2012), Roles of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) and capillary rise in salinizing a non-flooding terrace on a flow-regulated desert river, J. Arid Environ., 79, 56-65, doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.025.
22. Goulden, M. L., R. G. Anderson, R. C. Bales, A. E. Kelly, M. Meadows, and, G. C. Winston, (2012), Evapotranspiration along an elevation gradient in California's Sierra Nevada, J. Geophys. Res., 117, G03028, doi: 10.1029/2012JG002027.
23. Graham, R. C., A. M. Rossi, and, K. R. Hubbert, (2010), Rock to regolith conversion: Producing hospitable substrates for terrestrial ecosystems, GSA Today, 20, 4-9, doi: 10.1130/GSAT57A.1.
24. Granier, A., (1987), Evaluation of transpiration in a Douglas-fir stand by means of sap flow measurements, Tree Physiol., 3 (4), 309-320, doi: 10.1093/treephys/3.4.309.
25. Hayhoe, K., et al. (2004), Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 101 (34), 12,422-12,427, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0404500101.
26. Hubbert, K. R., J. L. Beyers, and, R. C. Graham, (2001), Roles of weathered bedrock and soil in seasonal water relations of Pinus Jeffreyi and Arctostaphylos patula, Can. J. For. Res., 31 (11), 1947-1957, doi: 10.1139/x01-136. (Pubitemid 34004253)
27. Ichii, K., W. Wang, H. Hashimoto, F. Yang, P. Votava, A. R. Michaelis, and, R. R. Nemani, (2009), Refinement of rooting depths using satellite-based evapotranspiration seasonality for ecosystem modeling in California, Agric. For. Meteorol., 149 (11), 1907-1918, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.06.019.
28. Jackson, R. B., J. Canadell, J. R. Ehleringer, H. A. Mooney, O. E. Sala, and, E. D. Schulze, (1996), A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes, Oecologia, 108 (3), 389-411, doi: 10.1007/BF00333714.
29. Kitajima, K., K. E. Anderson, and, M. F. Allen, (2010), Effect of soil temperature and soil water content on fine root turnover rate in a California mixed conifer ecosystem, J. Geophys. Res., 115, G04032, doi: 10.1029/2009JG001210.
30. Klironomos, J. N., M. C. Rillig, and, M. F. Allen, (1999), Designing belowground field experiments with the help of semi-variance and power analyses, Appl. Soil Ecol., 12 (3), 227-238, doi: 10.1016/S0929-1393(99)00014-1. (Pubitemid 29280080)
31. Knohl, A., and, D. D. Baldocchi, (2008), Effects of diffuse radiation on canopy gas exchange processes in a forest ecosystem, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G02023, doi: 10.1029/2007JG000663.
32. Kurz-Besson, C., et. al. (2006), Hydraulic lift in cork oak trees in a savannah-type Mediterranean ecosystem and its contribution to the local water balance, Plant Soil, 282 (1-2), 361-378, doi: 10.1007/s11104-006-0005-4. (Pubitemid 43961548)
33. Lilleskov, E. A., T. D. Bruns, T. E. Dawson, and, F. J. Camacho, (2009), Water sources and controls on water-loss rates of epigeous ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarps during summer drought, New Phytol., 182 (2), 483-494, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02775.x.
34. Ludwig, F., T. E. Dawson, H. De Kroon, F. Berendse, and, H. H. T. Prins, (2003), Hydraulic lift in Acacia tortilis trees on an East African savanna, Oecologia, 134, 293-300, doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1119-x. (Pubitemid 36290153)
35. Marshall, T. J., (1959), The diffusion of gases through porous media, J. Soil Sci., 10 (1), 79-82, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1959.tb00667.x.
36. Miller, G. R., X. Chen, D. Baldocchi, and, Y. Rubin, (2010), Groundwater uptake by woody vegetation in a Mediterranean oak savanna, Water. Resour. Res., 46, W10503, doi: 10.1029/2009WR008902.
37. Millington, R. J., and, J. P. Quirk, (1961), Permeability of porous solids, Trans. Faraday Soc., 57, 1200-1207, doi: 10.1039/tf9615701200.
38. Moreira, M. Z., F. G. Scholz, S. J. Bucci, L. S. Sternberg, G. Goldstein, F. C. Meinzer, and, A. C. Franco, (2003), Hydraulic lift in a neotropical savanna, Functional Ecol., 17 (5), 573-581. (Pubitemid 37274333)
39. Nadezhdina, N., et al. (2010), Trees never rest: The multiple facets of hydraulic redistribution, Ecohydrology, 3 (4), 431-444, doi: 10.1002/eco.148.
40. Orellana, F., P. Verma, S. P. Loheide II, and, E. Daly, (2012), Monitoring and modeling water-vegetation interactions in groundwater-dependent ecosystems, Rev. Geophys., 50, RG3003, doi: 10.1029/2011RG000383.
41. Parton, W. J., et al. (1993), Observations and modeling of biomass and soil organic matter dynamics for the grassland biome worldwide, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 7 (4), 785-809, doi: 10.1029/93GB02042. (Pubitemid 24399285)
42. Parton, W. J., M. Hartman, D. Ojima, and, D. Schimel, (1998), DAYCENT and its land surface submodel: Description and testing, Global Planet. Change, 19 (1-4), 35-48, doi: 10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00040-X. (Pubitemid 28490035)
43. Prieto, I., C. Armas, and, F. I. Pugnaire, (2012), Water release through plant roots: New insights into its consequences at the plant and ecosystem level, New Phytol., 193 (4), 830-841, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04039.x.
44. Querejeta, J. I., L. M. Egerton-Warburton, and, M. F. Allen, (2007), Hydraulic lift may buffer rhizosphere hyphae against the negative effects of severe soil drying in a California oak savanna, Soil Biol. Biochem., 39 (2), 409-417, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.08.008. (Pubitemid 44820274)
45. Querejeta, J., L. Egerton-Warburton, and, M. Allen, (2003), Direct nocturnal water transfer from oaks to their mycorrhizal symbionts during severe soil drying, Oecologia, 134 (1), 55-64, doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1078-2. (Pubitemid 36174798)
46. Querejeta, J., L. M. Egerton-Warburton, and, M. F. Allen, (2009), Topographic position modulates the mycorrhizal response of oak trees to interannual rainfall variability, Ecology, 90 (3), 649-662, doi: 10.1890/07-1696.1.
47. Richards, J. H., and, M. M. Caldwell, (1987), Hydraulic lift: Substantial nocturnal water transport between soil layers by Artemisia tridentata roots, Oecologia, 73 (4), 486-489, doi: 10.1007/BF00379405.
48. Ruess, R. W., R. L. Hendrick, A. J. Burton, K. S. Pregitzer, B. Sveinbjornssön, M. F. Allen, and, G. E. Maurer, (2003), Coupling fine root dynamics with ecosystem carbon cycling in black spruce forests of interior Alaska, Ecol. Monogr., 73 (4), 643-662, doi: 10.1890/02-4032. (Pubitemid 37546030)
49. Rundel, P. W., E. A. Graham, M. F. Allen, J. C. Fisher, and, T. C. Harmon, (2009), Environmental sensor networks in ecological research, New Phytol., 182 (3), 589-607, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02811.x.
50. Ryel, R. J., M. M. Caldwell, C. K. Yoder, D. Or, and, A. J. Leffler, (2002), Hydraulic redistribution in a stand of Artemisia tridentata: Evaluation of benefits to transpiration assessed with a simulation model, Oecologia, 130 (2), 173-184, doi: 10.1007/s004420100794. (Pubitemid 36064474)
51. Šimůnek, J., and, D. L. Suarez, (1993), Modeling of carbon dioxide transport and production in soil: 1. Model development, Water Resour. Res., 29 (2), 487-497, doi: 10.1029/92WR02225. (Pubitemid 23383720)
52. Simunek, J., M. T. Van Genuchten, and, M. Sejna, (2005), The HYDRUS-1D software package for simulating the one-dimensional movement of water, heat, and multiple solutes in variably-saturated media, University of California, Riverside, Research Reports, 240.
53. Siqueira, M., G. Katul, and, A. Porporato, (2008), Onset of water stress, hysteresis in plant conductance, and hydraulic lift: Scaling soil water dynamics from millimeters to meters, Water Resour. Res., 44, W01432, doi: 10.1029/2007WR006094.
54. Suarez, D. L., and, J. Šimůnek, (1993), Modeling of carbon dioxide transport and production in soil: 2. Parameter selection, sensitivity analysis, and comparison of model predictions to field data, Water Resour. Res., 29 (2), 499-513, doi: 10.1029/92WR02226. (Pubitemid 23383721)
55. Tang, J., P. V. Bolstad, B. E. Ewers, A. R. Desai, K. J. Davis, and, E. V. Carey, (2006), Sap flux-upscaled canopy transpiration, stomatal conductance, and water use efficiency in an old growth forest in the Great Lakes region of the United States, J. Geophys. Res., 111, G02009, doi: 10.1029/2005JG000083.
56. Vargas, R., and, M. F. Allen, (2008), Dynamics of fine root, fungal rhizomorphs, and soil respiration in a mixed temperate forest: Integrating sensors and observations, Vadose Zone J., 7 (3), 1055-1064, doi: 10.2136/vzj2007.0138.
57. Warren, J. M., J. R. Brooks, F. C. Meinzer, and, J. L. Eberhart, (2008), Hydraulic redistribution of water from Pinus ponderosa trees to seedlings: Evidence for an ectomycorrhizal pathway, New Phytol., 178, 382-394, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02377.x. (Pubitemid 351441660)
58. Warren, J. M., F. C. Meinzer, J. R. Brooks, J.-C. Domec, and, R. Coulombe, (2007), Hydraulic redistribution of soil water in two old-growth coniferous forests: Quantifying patterns and controls, New Phytol., 173 (4), 753-765, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01963.x. (Pubitemid 46238735)
59. Witty, J. H., R. C. Graham, K. R. Hubbert, J. A. Doolittle, and, J. A. Wald, (2003), Contributions of water supply from the weathered bedrock zone to forest soil quality, Geoderma, 114 (3-4), 389-400, doi: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03) 00051-X. (Pubitemid 36524276)
60. Yin, J., M. H. Young, and, Z. Yu, (2008), Effects of paleoclimate and time-varying canopy structures on paleowater fluxes, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06103, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009010.
61. Yuan, F., T. Meixner, M. E. Fenn, and, J. Šimůnek, (2011), Impact of transient soil water simulation to estimated nitrogen leaching and emission at high- and low-deposition forest sites in Southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 116, G03040, doi: 10.1029/2011JG001644.
62. Zheng, Z., and, G. Wang, (2007), Modeling the dynamic root water uptake and its hydrological impact at the Reserva Jaru site in Amazonia, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04012, doi: 10.1029/2007JG000413.