福建平潭岛海岸不同演化阶段草丛沙堆表面老鼠艻叶水势日变化特征

以福建省平潭岛海岸不同演化阶段草丛沙堆表面典型沙生植物老鼠艻为对象,研究其叶水势日变化特征及其影响因素.结果表明: 老鼠艻叶水势日变化以“W”型为主,午间出现短暂升高现象.发育阶段沙堆表面老鼠艻叶水势日均值较稳定阶段高,且夜间水分恢复能力更强;老鼠艻叶水势与大气水势和相对湿度呈显著正相关,与气温呈显著负相关,但与不同深度土壤水势无显著相关性;发育阶段沙堆丘间地老鼠艻叶水势在10:00—16:00皆高于迎风坡和背风坡,迎风坡除10:00和12:00外皆低于背风坡.不同坡位叶水势日变异程度表现为背风坡>迎风坡>丘间地,但无显著差异.沙堆迎风坡老鼠艻叶水势与大气水势和相对湿度呈显著正相关,与气温呈显著负相关;沙堆背风坡和丘间地老鼠艻叶水势与气象因子有一定相关性,但不显著.     

海岸沙生植物老鼠艻(Spinifex littoreus)叶水势对风蚀、沙埋和风沙流磨蚀的响应

台风是海岸地区常见的自然灾害之一,其通过风蚀、沙埋和风沙流磨蚀,严重威胁到该地区的沙生植物生长。本文以福建省平潭岛海岸典型沙生植物老鼠艻(Spinifex littoreus)为研究对象,对台风后受到风蚀、沙埋和风沙流磨蚀危害的植株叶片水势及其土壤水势和气象要素进行同步观测。结果表明:(1)老鼠艻在遭受风蚀后其受到的水分胁迫较未风蚀植株提前且强度更大,叶水势较未风蚀植株显著降低(P0.05),且与大气水势无显著相关性(P0.05)。而未风蚀时其与大气水势和相对湿度呈极显著正相关(P0.01),与气温则呈极显著负相关(P0.01);(2)沙埋后老鼠艻叶水势在10:00—16:00均高于未沙埋植株,变化幅度较小,且对气象因子响应存在滞后现象。土壤水分不足时,老鼠艻叶水势主要受土壤水势的影响,土壤水分充足时,则主要受气象因子的影响。未沙埋的老鼠艻叶水势与大气水势、相对湿度呈显著正相关(P0.05),与气温呈显著负相关(P0.05)。随着沙埋深度的增加,老鼠艻叶水势先升高后降低,适度沙埋有利于其保持较高水势以适应胁迫环境;(3)老鼠艻叶片被擦伤后,其叶水势大部分时间均低于未擦伤处理,与大气水势有一定相关性,但不显著(P0.05),而未擦伤植株叶水势则与大气水势和相对湿度呈显著正相关(P0.05),与气温呈显著负相关(P0.05)。     

平潭岛典型海岸草丛沙堆植物群落水势日变化特征及其影响因素

水势是反映植物受到环境胁迫的重要指标之一,可用来确定其受胁迫的程度和适应能力大小。以福建省平潭岛海岸典型沙生植物老鼠艻(Spinifex littoreus)形成的草丛沙堆为研究对象,选取晴朗无云的天气,采用PSYPRO水势测量系统对其植物叶、茎水势及其所形成的沙堆土壤水势进行测定,同时采用HUMIPORT10手持式温湿度计对当日的气象要素进行同步观测。结果表明:(1)老鼠艻的叶水势呈现出与早晚高午间低相反的反梯度现象,叶、茎水势的日变化均表现为"M"型变化趋势,除18:00后,其它时间均表现为叶片水势下降、茎干水势上升,并且发现叶、茎水势的变化趋势存在位相后移现象;(2)老鼠艻的叶、茎水势在10:00时差异达到最大的0.65MPa,且茎水势高于叶水势,在14:00左右,植物茎水势出现低于叶水势的反常现象,在18:00时叶、茎水势趋于相同;(3)除表层30cm外,其它层土壤水势日变化特征总体表现为从早晨开始下降,14:00达到最低,但总体变化不明显;(4)随着深度增加,草丛沙堆土壤水势呈现为依次增加的趋势,但80cm以下土壤水势变化不显著(P0.1);(5)叶水势与大气水势具有较好的相关性,且变化显著(P0.1),与茎水势及浅层土壤水势有一定相关性,但变化不显著(P0.1),与50cm以下土壤水势均无相关性。     

张掖湿地旱柳叶水势与中脉性状的关联性

植物叶水势和中脉性状是反映叶片水力特性的主要参数,二者之间的关联性对理解植物水分供需平衡的生态适应策略具有重要意义。选择张掖市黑河干流边缘的洪泛平原湿地为实验地,以河岸为起点沿平行河岸线的方向依次设置近水区(样地Ⅰ)、中水区(样地Ⅱ)和远水区(样地Ⅲ)3个水分梯度样地,采用标准化主轴估计方法(standardized major axis estimation,SMA),研究了对水分影响下旱柳(Salix matsudana)叶水势与中脉性状之间的关系。结果表明:随着土壤含水量减少,旱柳林的高度、密度和郁闭度均持续降低,旱柳叶片的中脉密度、净光合速率(Pn)、蒸腾速率(Tr)、光合有效辐射(PAR)和叶片温度(Tleaf)逐渐增加,中脉直径、比叶面积及叶水势、叶绿素含量逐渐减少;不同土壤含水量样地旱柳叶水势与中脉性状间的相关性存在差异(P0.05),在样地Ⅰ和样地Ⅲ叶水势与中脉密度呈极显著负相关关系(P0.01),在样地Ⅱ两者之间呈显著负相关关系(P0.05);旱柳叶水势与中脉直径在3个水分梯度样地均呈显著正相关关系(P0.05)。随着湿地土壤含水量减少,旱柳采取降低叶水势、增加中脉密度并减少中脉直径的资源投资策略,反映了该物种在异质生境中具有较强的叶片性状可塑性,从而有利于其适应特殊的湿地生境。     

辽东栎(Quercus liaotungensis)幼苗对土壤干旱的生理生态适应性研究

用盆栽方法人工模拟土壤干旱条件,研究辽东栎天然萌生幼苗对土壤干旱的生理生态反应。结果表明:随土壤含水量的减少,辽东栎幼苗的耗水量明显下降,耗水高峰期提前,在重度干旱下耗水峰形由单峰变为双峰。在干旱胁迫前期辽东栎叶水势变化较平缓,后期则急剧下降,尤其在严重干旱下,水势变化趋势呈"M"形,叶片含水量较稳定,对土壤水分含量变化不敏感。在中度干旱下辽东栎叶片的持水力有所增加。辽东栎属低蒸腾速率树种,平均仅为2.98μg cm^-2·s^-1。不同生长季节蒸腾速率日进程不同, 8月份的蒸腾速率日进程在适宜水分下是双峰曲线,在中度干旱下是单峰曲线,重度干旱下蒸腾速率一直维持在较低水平,呈波状起伏;9月份的蒸腾速率下降近50%,仍有明显的单峰(适宜水分下)和双峰(中度干旱下)。对蒸腾速率与环境因子的简单相关分析表明:在适宜水分和中度干旱下,光照强度对辽东栎幼苗蒸腾速率影响最大,在重度干旱下,大气温度对辽东栎的蒸腾速率影响较大。随土壤含水量减少,辽东栎幼苗的蒸腾速率在中度干旱时上升,重度干旱时急剧下降,光合速率、瞬时水分利用效率、羧化效率均下降;地上部生长受抑,根冠比加大, WUE₁下降,而WUE₂在中度干旱下升高,在重度干旱下下降。其幼苗不耐高温强光,高温强光对其光合和蒸腾有抑制作用,特别是在土壤严重干旱下表现更明显。     

天目山柳杉叶水势日变化及其与空气温湿度和PAR的相关性

对天目山不同海拔(1 067、698和419 m)样点柳杉(Cryptomeria fortunei Hooibrenk ex Otto et Dietr.)不同冠层(分别离地面高1.3、4和8 m)的叶水势日变化特征进行了研究,并对柳杉叶水势与空气温度、空气相对湿度及光合有效辐射(PAR)的相关性进行了分析。结果表明:不同海拔样点柳杉不同冠层叶水势日变化曲线均呈典型的"V"型,但谷值及其出现的时间有差异;随树冠高度增加叶水势日均值均逐渐降低;不同海拔柳杉同一冠层叶水势日均值有明显差异,其中,海拔419 m处柳杉叶水势日均值为-1.11~-1.22 MPa,海拔698和1 067 m处柳杉叶水势日均值为-0.78~-0.98 MPa,差异极显著(P<0.01)。相关性分析结果表明:柳杉叶水势与空气相对湿度均呈显著正相关(P<0.05)、与空气温度和光合有效辐射均呈负相关。逐步回归分析结果表明:在海拔419 m处影响柳杉叶水势日变化的主导因子是空气温度,而在海拔1 067和698 m处影响柳杉叶水势日变化的主导因子是空气相对湿度。研究结果显示:随海拔升高柳杉叶水势增大且导致叶水势变化的主导因子也有所改变。     

陕西渭北旱原土壤—植物—大气连续体中水分运转规律的研究──Ⅳ．生态和生理环境对蒸腾速率的影响

在整个生长季内,研塬了陕西渭北旱塬冬小麦蒸腾速率与生态和生理环境的关系。结果表明,蒸腾速率与气温和土壤水势呈指数函数相关,与大气水势、相对湿度和叶水势在大于某一值时呈指数函数相关,小于该值时呈直线正相关,该值分别为－１６０．７０ＭＰａ,３０．６５４％和－０．９９８ＭＰａ;与光量子通量密度和叶温在大于某一值时呈直线正相关,小于该值时呈直线负相关,该值分别为９９９．７７７ｐｍｏｌ·ｍ－２·ｓ－１和２５．６７℃;与气孔阻力呈幂函数相关。并给出了蒸腾速率与各因素间的现象模型。通过主要生态因子（气温、光量子通量密度、大气水势和相对湿度）对蒸腾速率的综合分析表明,在陕西渭北旱源,诸生态因子对冬小麦蒸腾速率的重要性依次为大气水势、相对湿度、光量子通量密度和气温。     

毛竹液流特征及其与环境因子的关系

运用Dynamax液流测量系统监测浙江庙山坞自然保护区毛竹液流的日变化,采用型号为EQ-15的土壤水势仪监测0～100cm土层的土壤水势,利用自动气象站同步监测太阳总辐射、空气温度、空气相对湿度、风速等气象因子。结果表明:晴朗天气条件下毛竹液流的日变化过程呈现单峰曲线,具有显著的昼夜变化规律,且变幅大;阴雨天气时液流日变化过程呈双峰或多峰曲线,而且日均液流速率和日液流量均低于晴朗天气,变化较平缓;不同径阶毛竹液流速率波动规律相同,但径级较大毛竹的日均液流速率和液流量较大一些。当0～100cm土层土壤水势在-13～-10kPa时,毛竹液流速率与土壤水势相关性不显著,但当土壤水势低于-200kPa左右时,液流速率和土壤水势呈正相关,土壤水分含量成为限制液流速率的主要因子之一;相关性分析表明,边材液流速率与空气温度、空气相对湿度、光合有效辐射、总辐射、水蒸气压亏缺呈极显著正相关,与空气相对湿度呈极显著负相关。太阳辐射、气温、空气湿度、风速等环境因子作自变量,以液流速率作因变量,经过逐步回归,建立了液流速率与环境因子的多元线性模型。     

玉米生育期土壤-植物-大气连续体水流阻力与水势的分布

根据玉米生育期的田间试验资料分析了土壤-植物-大气连续体中水势和水流阻力的分布,结果表明土壤与植物叶片之间的水势差在玉米抽雄期前达0.8—1.0MPa,到抽雄期以后达1.0—1.5MPa,叶片与大气之间的水势差则在抽雄期前后分别达80—120MPa和60—80MPa;连续体内的水流阻力主要在叶片与大气之间.建立了连续体中玉米叶片水势的动态模拟公式,模拟叶水势具有较高的精度.最后,揭示了叶片蒸腾速率与叶-气系统水势差和水流阻力的关系,当叶片与大气之间的水势差达90—100MPa之后,蒸腾速率随叶-气间水势差增加而减小.     

玉米生育期土壤—植物—大气连续体水流阻力与水势的分布

根据玉米生育期的田间试验资料分析了土壤-植物-大气连续体中水势和水流阻力的分布,结果表明土壤与植物叶片之间的水势差在玉米抽雄期前达0.8—1.0MPa,到抽雄期以后达1.0—1.5MPa,叶片与大气之间的水势差则在抽雄期前后分别达80—120MPa和60—80MPa;连续体内的水流阻力主要在叶片与大气之间。建立了连续体中玉米叶片水势的动态模拟公式,模拟叶水势具有较高的精度。最后,揭示了叶片蒸腾速率与叶-气系统水势差和水流阻力的关系,当叶片与大气之间的水势差达90—100MPa之后,蒸腾速率随叶-气间水势差增加而减小。     

Sap flow as an indicator of transpiration and the water status of young apricot trees

The relationship between water loss via transpiration and stem sap flow in young apricot trees was studied under different environmental conditions and different levels of soil water status. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse over a 2-week period (November 2–14, 1997) using three-year-old apricot trees (Prunus armeniaca cv. Búlida) growing in pots. Diurnal courses of leaf water potential, leaf conductance and leaf turgor potential also were recorded throughout the experiment. Data from four days of different enviromental conditions and soil water availability have been selected for analysis. On each of the selected days the leaf water potential and the mean transpiration rates were well correlated. The slope of the linear regression of this correlation, taken to indicate the total hydraulic resistance of the tree, confirmed an increasing hydraulic resistance under drought conditions. When the trees were not drought stressed the diurnal courses of sap flow and transpiration were very similar. However, when the trees were droughted, measured of sap flow slightly underestimated actual transpiration. Our heat-pulse measurements suggest the amount of readily available water stored in the stem and leaf tissues of young apricot trees is sufficient to sustain the peak transpiration rates for about 1 hour. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

弱光下生长的葡萄叶片蒸腾速率和气孔结构的变化

 植物能够对生长环境产生生态适应性,这种适应性可从气孔导度、光合速率、水分利用效率等生态指标上反映出来。为了研究葡萄蒸腾特性对弱光环境的适应性变化,本试验以‘京玉’葡萄幼苗（Vitis vinefera cv. Jingyu）为试验材料,通过遮光处理（2个处理,分别遮光65%和85%）营造弱光环境,测定了在弱光环境下生长的葡萄叶片蒸腾速率、气孔导度、水分利用效率对光照强度的响应,同时用扫描电镜技术观察了气孔的发育。结果表明,弱光环境下生长的葡萄幼苗,叶片的水势较高,但水分利用效率较低,叶片蒸腾速率和气孔导度变化对光照强度的响应缓慢,而自然光下生长的葡萄叶片则反应较迅速。通过对气孔结构的研究发现,与自然光照环境下生长的植株相比,在弱光环境下生长的葡萄幼苗,叶片下表皮的气孔横轴变宽,大小气孔之间差异减少,气孔外突,表皮细胞变大甚至扭曲,角质层变薄。说明葡萄幼苗能够对弱光环境产生适应性变化,其蒸腾特性的变化与其气孔结构的变化相关,具有一致性。     

不同水分条件下盆栽苹果树蒸腾速率动态模拟

土壤水分是制约作物产量和品质的主要环境因素之一,估算不同水分条件下的蒸腾速率（r3对于作物的优质高产和节水灌溉等具有十分重要的意义。通过构建蒸腾．气孔．光合耦合模型可模拟出不同水分条件下苹果树的蒸腾动态,模型参数根据逐步干旱条件下盆栽‘富士’苹果树试验获取。结果表明,Tr主要由饱合水气压差和气孔导度（G。）驱动,同时气象因子和土壤水势对其有强烈的交互作用影响。Tr随土壤水势的下降而减小,当土壤水势低于-0．4MPa时减小幅度更加显著。晴天时,G。在一天中呈双峰曲线,而一呈单峰曲线,最大值出现在13：00左右,约为3．6mmol·m-Ls。根据该模型可计算出不同水分条件下1株盆栽苹果树（总叶片积为O．26m-2）全天的蒸腾总量,供水充足时为652．1g,严重干旱时（土壤水势为-1．5MPa）为85．4g。实测值和模拟值的比较表明,该耦合模型能够模拟出不同土壤水分条件下盆栽苹果树的蒸腾动态以及土壤的含水量。     

Photosynthetic activity and water relations of sprouts ofPasania edulis

In order to investigate the factors causing fast growth of sprouts ofPasania edulis, photosynthetic activity and water relation characteristics of lower (mature) leaves and upper (expanding) leaves of the sprouts were compared with those of seedlings and adult trees ofP. edulis. Apparent quantum yield was generally low. Maximum photosynthetic rate was highest in the lower leaves of sprouts. Stomatal frequency was higher in sprout leaves than in seedling leaves. Osmotic potential at the water saturation point and water potential at the turgor loss point, in leaves, were higher in sprouts than in seedlings and adult trees. Symplasmic water content per unit leaf area was higher in sprouts than in seedlings. These water relation parameters in leaves indicated that sprout leaves are superior in maintaining cell turgor against water loss, but are not tolerant to water stress. In field measurements, sprout leaves showed higher stomatal conductance and transpiration rates. These results indicated that sprout leaves fully realized their high potential productivity even under field conditions. The leaf specific conductance, from the soil to the leaf, was higher in sprouts than in seedlings. Large and deep root systems of the original stumps of the sprouts may be attributed to the high leaf specific conductance.     

ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF WOODY SPECIES IN NEOTROPICAL SAVANNAS

1. In this review we discuss the adaptive strategy of woody species in tropical savannas. The low, evergreen, broadleaved, sclerophyllous tree is considered as the typical woody representative in these ecosystems. The discussion is largely based on data concerning four widespread neotropical species: Curatella americana, Byrsonima crassifolia, Bowdichia virgilioides and Casearia sylvestris, together with more fragmentary information available on other American and African savanna woody species. 2. Several types of savanna ecosystems with contrasting ecological features have to be distinguished. Our discussion refers to tree species in one of these types: seasonal savannas, that occur in a tropical wet and dry climate, with constantly high temperature, and on well-drained soils. Most of these savannas are normally burned once a year, towards the end of the dry season. 3. Woody species in seasonal savannas exhibit a quite distinctive morphology. They have low, tortuous trunks, deep and extensive root systems, relatively high R/S and L/S ratios, and large, highly scleromorphic leaves. Their annual phenodynamics appears somewhat puzzling since leaf renewal and expansion, as well as blooming, take place during the dry, apparently less favourable, part of the year. 4. Savanna trees maintain high leaf conductance throughout the year. Some species show a moderate midday decrease in leaf conductance suggesting partial stomatal closure, particularly under very high atmospheric water demands, or in young, developing leaves. However, given the steep vapour density gradient, transpiration flux density tends to be high, especially on clear dry-season days. 5. There is no drastic drop in leaf water potential, as might be expected with a high transpiration rate. The most negative values attained in either season only rarely exceed the leaf turgor loss point. This moderate fall in ψ permits leaf expansion in the dry season. Variable hydraulic resistance contributes to maintain high water flow when steep ψ gradients between soil and leaves are produced. 6. When all factors are taken into account, it seems that savanna trees maintain a favourable water budget all the year, thanks to their extensive root systems that may extract soil water from deep layers, thus allowing the maintenance of a high water flux through the soil-plant-atmosphere system even during the dry season. In this way, these trees have the least seasonal behaviour of all plant components in the seasonal savanna ecosystem. 7. Seasonal savannas occur on extremely poor, nutrient-deficient soils. As an apparent consequence of this nutrient stress, the concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium in leaves tends to be significantly lower than in forest trees or in drought-deciduous species. 8. Two mechanisms contribute to improve the nutrient economy. One is the reallocation of absorbed nutrients between old and young tissues; the other, the minimization of nutrient losses due to low leaf wettability, low leaf cuticular conductance, and leaf renewal in the rainless season. 9. Savanna trees have low photosynthetic capacity. This is probably due to high internal resistance of leaves induced by their low nitrogen concentration. However, under field conditions rates of CO₂ uptake may be maintained near their optimum because leaf conductance is high all day, and leaf temperature closely matches air temperature, remaining therefore within the optimal range for photosynthesis. 10. All in all, it appears that the physiological behaviour of savanna trees favours a continuously high water flux through the plant that, even if it lowers water-use efficiency, maintains leaf temperatures near optimum for CO₂ uptake, prevents sharp drops in leaf water potential, and induces a high passive uptake of soil nutrients. In this way, the close interaction between water, carbon and nutrient economies leads to the increased fitness of these populations in the seasonal savanna environment.     

内蒙古半干旱草原区沙地植物群落光合特征的动态研究

沙蒿(Artemisia intramongolica)群落是半干旱草原地区沙地的重要植被类型,分别在植物的生长前期、中期、盛期和后期采用便携式光合测定仪和大型同化分析仪测定了沙蒿叶片和沙蒿群落的光合动态。单叶和群落的光合速率日进程类型随气候的不同而异,瞬时光合速率主要决定于光合有效辐射强度(PAR)。土壤干旱大大降低了单叶和群落的光合能力,晴天土壤湿润时气温和空气湿度控制着叶片的光合速率,午间大气湿度降低是光合午休的主要外因。叶片的蒸腾速率与气温呈显著线性相关,植物的光能和水分利用效率也主要取决于PAR和气温,随着PAR和气温的升高利用效率下降。沙蒿叶片光能利用效率在后期也能保持较高水平。沙蒿对土壤干旱和高温具有一定的适应性,在土壤湿润时能迅速提高光合速率,形成较大的生物量。但是沙蒿的蒸腾速率高,水分利用效率低。研究认为,沙蒿通过对土壤干旱和高温的忍耐机制而保持长时间较高的光能利用效率,并在土壤湿润时迅速提高光合能力和积累干物质来适应半干旱的沙地环境,而且依靠高蒸腾速率和强的水分吸收能力来竞争性抑制其他植物的生长。     

采煤塌陷影响下土壤含水量变化对柠条气孔导度、蒸腾与光合作用速率的影响

采煤塌陷引起的土壤环境因子的变化对矿区植物生长的影响越来越受到人们的关注,气孔导度、蒸腾与光合作用作为环境变化响应的敏感因子,研究植物气孔导度、蒸腾与光合作用的变化是揭示荒漠矿区自然环境变化及其规律的重要手段之一。研究采煤塌陷条件下植物光合生理的变化是探究煤炭开采对植物叶片水分蒸腾散失和CO_2同化速率影响的关键环节,是探讨采煤塌陷影响下植物能量与水分交换动态的基础,而采煤矿区植物叶片气孔导度、蒸腾与光合作用速率对采煤塌陷影响下土壤含水量变化的响应如何尚不清楚。选取神东煤田大柳塔矿区52302工作面为实验场地,以生态修复物种柠条为研究对象,对采煤塌陷区和对照区柠条叶片气孔导度、蒸腾和光合作用速率以及土壤体积含水量进行监测,分析了采煤塌陷条件下土壤含水量的变化以及其对柠条叶片气孔导度、蒸腾与光合作用速率的影响。结果显示:(1)煤炭井工开采在地表形成大量裂缝,破坏了土体结构,潜水位埋深降低,土壤含水量均低于沉陷初期,相对于对照区,硬梁和风沙塌陷区土壤含水量分别降低了18.61%、21.12%;(2)柠条叶片气孔导度、蒸腾和光合作用速率均与土壤含水量呈正相关关系;煤炭开采沉陷增加了地表水分散失,加剧了土壤水分胁迫程度,为了减少蒸腾导致的水分散失,柠条叶片气孔阻力增加,从而气孔导度降低,阻碍了光合作用CO_2的供应,从而导致柠条叶片光合作用速率的降低,蒸腾速率也显著降低。     

Significance and limits in the use of predawn leaf water potential for tree irrigation

Research in estimating the water status of crops is increasingly based on plant responses to water stress. Several indicators can now be used to estimate this response, the most widely available of which is leaf water potential (Ψ_LWP) as measured with a pressure chamber. For many annual crops, the predawn leaf water potential (Ψ_PLWP), assumed to represent the mean soil water potential next to the roots, is closely correlated to the relative transpiration rate, RT. A similar correlation also holds for young fruit trees grown in containers. However, exceptions to this rule are common when soil water content is markedly heterogeneous. Two experimental conditions were chosen to assess the validity of this correlation for heterogeneous soil water content: 1) young walnut trees in split-root containers. The heterogeneity was created by two unequal compartments (20% and 80% of total volume), of which only the smaller was irrigated and kept at a moisture content higher than field capacity (permanent drainage). 2) adult walnut trees in an orchard. In this case, soil water heterogeneity was achieved by limiting the amount of localised irrigation (20% of the irrigated control) which was applied every evening. Values of sap flux and of minimum and predawn leaf water potentials with homogeneous and heterogeneous soil water content were compared for trees grown in the orchard and in containers. In spite of intense drought reflected by very low RT or stem water potential, Ψ_PLWP of trees under heterogeneous moisture conditions remained high (between -0.2 and -0.4 MPa) both in the orchard and in containers. These values were higher than those usually considered critical under homogeneous soil conditions. A semi-quantitative model, based on the application of Ohm's analogy to split-root conditions, is proposed to explain the apparently conflicting results in the literature on the relation between Ψ_PLWP and soil water potential. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

基于稳定同位素和热扩散技术的张北杨树水分关系差异

利用稳定氢同位素和热扩散技术研究张北防护林杨树的水分来源和蒸腾耗水,分析确定未退化与退化杨树的水分关系差异.结果表明:在生长季节中退化杨树主要利用0～30 cm土壤水分,未退化杨树主要利用30～80 cm土壤水分,两者的水分来源不同.旱季时,未退化杨树利用深层土壤水分和地下水的比例明显高于退化杨树.雨季中,杨树对0～30 cm土壤水分的利用比例增加,退化杨树增加幅度明显高于未退化杨树,对30～180 cm土壤水分的利用比例均减少.未退化杨树的液流速率大于退化杨树,不同天气中液流速率表现出相似的变化趋势,但未退化杨树液流的启动时间比退化杨树早.相关分析表明,未退化和退化杨树液流速率与土壤温度、风速、太阳辐射、相对湿度、空气温度均呈极显著的相关关系.退化杨树液流速率与土壤温度和空气相对湿度呈极显著负相关,与其他因素呈显著正相关,而未退化杨树仅与空气相对湿度呈极显著负相关,与其他因素均呈显著正相关关系,表明退化和未退化杨树蒸腾耗水易受环境条件的影响.退化杨树液流日累计量明显小于未退化杨树,表明其蒸腾耗水量较少;退化杨树水分来源浅,蒸腾耗水的减少并不能阻止林分退化.