Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of growth, non-structural carbohydrates and C stable isotopes in a Mediterranean beech forest (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of growth, non-structural carbohydrates and C stable isotopes in a Mediterranean beech forest (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1093/treephys/tpt045 (literal)
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  • Andrea Scartazza, Stefano Moscatello, Giorgio Matteucci, Alberto Battistelli, Enrico Brugnoli (2013)
    Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of growth, non-structural carbohydrates and C stable isotopes in a Mediterranean beech forest
    in Tree physiology
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  • Andrea Scartazza, Stefano Moscatello, Giorgio Matteucci, Alberto Battistelli, Enrico Brugnoli (literal)
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  • 730 (literal)
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  • http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/ (literal)
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  • 33 (literal)
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  • Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Salaria km 29,300, 00016 Monterotondo Scalo (RM), Italy; Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Viale G. Marconi 2, 05010 Porano (TR); Istituto per i Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo (ISAFoM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Cavour 4/6, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy; Present address: Dipartimento Scienze del Sistema Terra e Tecnologie per l'Ambiente, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Piazzale Aldo Moro7, 00185 Roma (RM), Italy (literal)
Titolo
  • Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of growth, non-structural carbohydrates and C stable isotopes in a Mediterranean beech forest (literal)
Abstract
  • Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of growth, non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) and carbon isotope composition (?13C) of NSC were studied in a beech forest of Central Italy over a 2-year period characterized by different environmental conditions. The net C assimilated by forest trees was mainly used to sustain growth early in the season and to accumulate storage carbohydrates in trunk and root wood in the later part of the season, before leaf shedding. Growth and NSC concentration dynamics were only slightly affected by the reduced soil water content (SWC) during the drier year. Conversely, the carbon isotope analysis on NSC revealed seasonal and inter-annual variations of photosynthetic and post-carboxylation fractionation processes, with a significant increase in ?13C of wood and leaf soluble sugars in the drier summer year than in the wetter one. The highly significant correlation between ?13C of leaf soluble sugars and SWC suggests a decrease of the canopy C isotope discrimination and, hence, an increased water-use efficiency with decreasing soil water availability. This may be a relevant trait for maintaining an acceptable plant water status and a relatively high C sink capacity during dry seasonal periods. Our results suggest a short- to medium-term homeostatic response of the Collelongo beech stand to variations in water availability and solar radiation, indicating that this Mediterranean forest was able to adjust carbon-water balance in order to prevent C depletion and to sustain plant growth and reserve accumulation during relatively dry seasons. (literal)
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