Divergent roles of deep soil water uptake in seasonal tree growth under natural drought events in North China

Li, Yuanqiao; Shi, Fangzhong; Li, Xiaoyan; Wu, Huawu; Zhao, Shoudong; Wu, Xiuchen; Huang, Yongmei

doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109102

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“…Compared with R. pseudoacacia , P. tabuliformis was found to preferentially absorb water from the middle and deep soil layers during a prolonged dry year (Li et al, 2022). In 2019 (dry year), the results of the direct inference approach suggested that R. pseudoacacia and P. tabuliformis both absorbed water from the 40–60 cm soil layer in July, and P. tabuliformis also drew soil water from below 100 cm in October, which was consistent with the ΔSWS (Figures 3 and 5).…”

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Comparing water uptake patterns of two tree species using stable isotopes on the Loess Plateau, China

Cui,

Pan,

et al. 2023

Hydrological Processes

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The water consumption mechanism of plantations is important to understand for the selection of afforestation tree species and sustainable watershed management in semi‐arid regions. In this study, Robinia pseudoacacia and Pinus tabuliformis, which are commonly planted on the Loess Plateau of China, were selected to investigate the possible difference in water uptake modes. In 2019–2020, the stable isotopic compositions (δ2H, δ18O) of precipitation and the xylem and soil water of these two trees were sampled and compared using the direct inference approach and MixSIAR model. The difference in soil moisture was also measured. The results showed that the δ18O content of surface soil water (0–40 cm) was closely related to precipitation, while that of deep soil layers (100–200 cm) remained stable. The MixSIAR model performed appropriately in quantifying water apportionment, especially in the drought year of 2019. In July–August 2019, R. pseudoacacia showed strong drought resilience by absorbing water from the deep soil. The 0–40 cm and 100–200 cm soil layers contributed 0.325 and 0.376 to water absorption of R. pseudoacacia, and 0.675 and 0.151 to that of P. tabuliformis, respectively. However, there was a minor difference in the soil water uptake modes between the two species in the humid year of 2020. Compared with P. tabuliformis, R. pseudoacacia increased its consumption of water by 9.9% and 25.1% in the drought and humid year, respectively, which indicated that R. pseudoacacia plantations may contributed to drier deep soil layers. This study helps to improve our understanding of the water uptake mechanisms of common afforestation tree species on the Loess Plateau.

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