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The trade-off between safety and efficiency in hydraulic architecture in 31 woody species in a karst area

作　　者：Da-Yong Fan, Sheng-Lin Jie, Chang-Cheng Liu, Xiang-Ying Zhang, Xin-Wu Xu, Shou-Ren Zhang,Zong-Qiang Xie
影响因子：2.403
刊物名称：Tree Physiology
出版年份：2011
卷：31  期：8  页码：865–877

论文摘要：

        Karst topography is a special landscape shaped by the dissolution of one or more layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite. Due to subterranean drainage, overland flow, extraction of water by plants and evapotranspiration, there may be very limited surface water. The hydraulic architecture that plants use to adapt to karst topography is very interesting, but few systematic reports exist. The karst area in southwestern China is unique when compared with other karst areas at similar latitudes, because of its abundant precipitation, with rainfall concentrated in the growing season. In theory, resistance to water-stress-induced cavitation via air seeding should be accompanied by decreased pore hydraulic conductivity and stem hydraulic conductivity. However, evidence for such trade-offs across species is ambiguous. We measured the hydraulic structure and foliar stable carbon isotope ratios of 31 karst woody plants at three locations
in Guizhou Province, China, to evaluate the functional coordination between resistance to cavitation and specific conductivity. We also applied phylogenetically independent contrast (PIC) analysis in situations where the inter-species correlations of functional traits may be biased on the potential similarity of closely related species. The average xylem tension measurement, at which 50% of hydraulic conductivity of the plants was lost (Ψ50), was only −1.27 MPa. Stem Ψ50 was positively associated with specific conductance (Ks) (P < 0.05) and leaf specific conductance (Kl) (P < 0.05). However, the PIC correlation for both relationships was not statistically significant. δ13C was positively related to Kl in both the traditional cross-species correlation analysis and the corresponding PIC correlations (P < 0.05). The Huber value (sapwood area:leaf area ratio) was negatively correlated with Ks in both the traditional cross-species correlation and the corresponding PIC correlations (P < 0.01). The characteristics of hydraulic architecture measured in this study showed that karst plants in China are not highly cavitationresistant species. This study also supports the idea that there may not be an evolutionary trade-off between resistance to cavitation and specific conductivity in woody plants. Whole-plant hydraulic adjustment may decouple the trade-off relationship between safety and efficiency at the branch level.
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