Non-stomatal processes reduce gross primary productivity in temperate forest ecosystems during severe edaphic drought
2020
Gourlez de la Motte, Louis | Beauclaire, Quentin | Heinesch, Bernard | Cuntz, Mathias | Foltýnová, Lenka | Sigut, Ladislav | Kowalska, Natalia | Manca, Giovanni | Goded Ballarin, Ignacio | Vincke, Caroline | Roland, Marylin | Ibrom, Andreas | Lousteau, Denis | Sienicke, Lukas | Longdoz, Bernard
英语. peer reviewed
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Severe drought events are known to cause important reductions of gross primary productivity (GPP) in forest ecosystems. However, it is still unclear whether this reduction originates from stomatal closure (Stomatal Origin Limitation) and/or non-stomatal limitations (Non-SOL). In this study, we investigated the impact of edaphic drought in 2018 on GPP and its origin (SOL, NSOL) using a data set of 10 European forest ecosystem flux towers. In all stations where GPP reductions were observed during the drought, these were largely explained by declines in the maximum apparent canopy scale carboxylation rate VCMAX,APP (NSOL) when the soil relative extractable water content dropped below around 0.4. Concurrently, we found that the stomatal slope parameter (G1, related to SOL) of the Medlyn et al. unified optimization model linking vegetation conductance and GPP remained relatively constant. These results strengthen the increasing evidence that NSOL should be included in stomatal conductance/photosynthesis models to faithfully simulate both GPP and water fluxes in forest ecosystems during severe drought.
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