期刊
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 203, 期 3, 页码 831-841出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12859
关键词
boreal forest; ecosystem; mixed-effects model; phenology; primary growth; secondary growth; tree growth; xylem formation
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canada Mitacs-Acceleration Quebec-Programme de Stages de Recherche, Produits forestiers Resolu
- 100 Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- South China Botanical Garden of the CAS [201401]
Primary (budburst, foliage and shoot) growth and secondary (cambium and xylem) growth of plants play a vital role in sequestering atmospheric carbon. However, their potential relationships have never been mathematically quantified and the underlying physiological mechanisms are unclear. We monitored primary and secondary growth in Picea mariana and Abies balsamea on a weekly basis from 2010 to 2013 at four sites over an altitudinal gradient (25-900 m) in the eastern Canadian boreal forest. We determined the timings of onset and termination through the fitted functions and their first derivative. We quantified the potential relationships between primary growth and secondary growth using the mixed-effects model. We found that xylem formation of boreal conifers can be modeled as a function of cambium activity, bud phenology, and shoot and needle growth, as well as species-and site-specific factors. Our model reveals that there may be an optimal mechanism to simultaneously allocate the photosynthetic products and stored nonstructural carbon to growth of different organs at different times in the growing season. This mathematical link can bridge phenological modeling, forest ecosystem productivity and carbon cycle modeling, which will certainly contribute to an improved prediction of ecosystem productivity and carbon equilibrium.
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