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DOI | 10.1890/04-1272 |
Ecohydrology in a Colorado River riparian forest: Implications for the decline of Populus fremontii | |
Pataki, DE; Bush, SE; Gardner, P; Solomon, DK; Ehleringer, JR | |
通讯作者 | Pataki, DE |
来源期刊 | ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
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ISSN | 1051-0761 |
出版年 | 2005 |
卷号 | 15期号:3页码:1009-1018 |
英文摘要 | Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood) was once a dominant species in desert riparian forests but has been increasingly replaced by the exotic invasive Tamarix ramosissima (saltcedar). Interspecific competition, reduced flooding frequency, and increased salinity have been implicated in the widespread decline of P. fremontii. To elucidate some of the multiple and interacting mechanisms of this decline, we examined ecological processes in a control stand of P. fremontii along the Colorado River in Utah, USA, as well as a disturbed stand characterized by high groundwater salinity and invasion of T. ramosissima. Sap flux data showed that P. fremontii at the saline site experienced large reductions in afternoon canopy stomatal conductance relative to the control. Thus, average daily stand transpiration was 4.8 +/- 0.1 mm/d at the saline site in comparison to 9.3 +/- 0.2 mm/d at the control site over a two-month period. Light-saturated photosynthesis and apparent quantum yield were also reduced in saline P. fremontii. Stable isotope analysis indicated that trees at the saline site utilized evaporatively enriched groundwater that was likely derived from a nearby pond of irrigation runoff; this was also the probable source of high salinity. Interspecific competition for water at the saline site is unlikely, as T. ramosissima is still a minor species that is present only in the understory. However, reduced tissue N content in P. fremontii at the saline site suggested that physiological stress during salinity and halophyte invasion may be exacerbated by altered N relations. |
英文关键词 | Colorado River (USA) ecohydrology gas exchange invasive species Populus fremontii riparian salinity sap flow stable isotopes Tamarix ramosissima transpiration |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000229723400018 |
WOS关键词 | SOUTHWESTERN UNITED-STATES ; TAMARIX-RAMOSISSIMA ; SAP FLOW ; XYLEM CAVITATION ; SALT TOLERANCE ; WATER-USE ; COTTONWOOD ; SALINITY ; ARIZONA ; TREES |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/148836 |
作者单位 | (1)Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Earth Syst Sci, Irvine, CA 92697 USA;(2)Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Irvine, CA 92697 USA;(3)Univ Utah, Dept Biol, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA;(4)Univ Utah, Dept Geol & Geophys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pataki, DE,Bush, SE,Gardner, P,et al. Ecohydrology in a Colorado River riparian forest: Implications for the decline of Populus fremontii[J],2005,15(3):1009-1018. |
APA | Pataki, DE,Bush, SE,Gardner, P,Solomon, DK,&Ehleringer, JR.(2005).Ecohydrology in a Colorado River riparian forest: Implications for the decline of Populus fremontii.ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS,15(3),1009-1018. |
MLA | Pataki, DE,et al."Ecohydrology in a Colorado River riparian forest: Implications for the decline of Populus fremontii".ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 15.3(2005):1009-1018. |
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