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- Title
Magnolia liliiflora whole-tree sap flow in response to multiple environmental variables in Beijing.
- Authors
Wang Hua; Ouyang Zhi-Yun; Zheng Hua; Ren Yu-Fen; Gao Fu-Yuan
- Abstract
In order to clarify the environmental factors affecting the water use of typical urban tree species Magnolia liliiflora, an investigation was conducted on the responses of M. liliiflora whole-tree sap flow to the air temperature, air relative humidity, radiation, wind speed, soil temperature and water content, and precipitation in Beijing from April to October, 2008. The eight environmental factors affecting M. liliiflora whole-tree sap flow could be divided into three categories, i.e., evaporative demand index, soil index, and precipitation index. The evaporative demand index (air temperature, air relative humidity, total radiation, wind speed, and vapor pressure deficit) could explain 60% of the variation in the sap flow of individual trees, which presented S-type change trend, i.e., the sap flow reached an asymptote where higher light and evaporative demands could not cause sap flow to increase further. Soil index (soil temperature and water content) and precipitation index (precipitation amount) had little influence on the sap flow.
- Subjects
BEIJING (China); CHINA; MAGNOLIAS; ECOLOGICAL research; SOIL temperature; SOIL moisture; METEOROLOGICAL precipitation
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 3, p571
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article