Linking stem growth respiration to the seasonal course of stem growth and GPP of Scots pine.

ABSTRACT: Current methods to study relations between stem respiration and stem growth have been hampered by problems in quantifying stem growth from dendrometer measurements, particularly on a daily time scale. This is mainly due to the water-related influences within these measurements that mask growth. A previously published model was used to remove water-related influences from measured radial stem variations to reveal a daily radial growth signal (ΔˆGm). We analysed the intra- and inter-annual relations between ΔˆGm and estimated growth respiration rates (Rg) on a daily scale for 5 years. Results showed that Rg was weakly correlated to stem growth prior to tracheid formation, but was significant during the early summer. In the late summer, the correlation decreased slightly relative to the early

SUBMITTER: Chan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178967 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature