Amazonia trees have limited capacity to acclimate plant hydraulic properties in response to long‐term drought

The fate of tropical forests under future climate change is dependent on the capacity of their trees to adjust to drier conditions. The capacity of trees to withstand drought is likely to be determined by traits associated with their hydraulic systems. However, data on whether tropical trees can adjust hydraulic traits when experiencing drought remain rare. We measured plant hydraulic traits (e.g. hydraulic conductivity and embolism resistance) and plant hydraulic system status (e.g. leaf water potential, native embolism and safety margin) on >150 trees from 12 genera (36 species) and spanning a stem size range from 14 to 68 cm diameter at breast height at the world's only long‐running tropical forest drought experiment. Hydraulic traits showed no adjustment following 15 years of experimentally imposed moisture deficit. This failure to adjust resulted in these drought‐stressed trees experiencing significantly lower leaf water potentials, and higher, but variable, levels of native embolism in the branches. This result suggests that hydraulic damage caused by elevated levels of embolism is likely to be one of the key drivers of drought‐induced mortality following long‐term soil moisture deficit. We demonstrate that some hydraulic traits changed with tree size, however, the direction and magnitude of the change was controlled by taxonomic identity. Our results suggest that Amazonian trees, both small and large, have limited capacity to acclimate their hydraulic systems to future droughts, potentially making them more at risk of drought‐induced mortality.     

Small tropical forest trees have a greater capacity to adjust carbon metabolism to long-term drought than large canopy trees

The response of small understory trees to long-term drought is vital in determining the future composition, carbon stocks and dynamics of tropical forests. Long-term drought is, however, also likely to expose understory trees to increased light availability driven by drought-induced mortality. Relatively little is known about the potential for understory trees to adjust their physiology to both decreasing water and increasing light availability. We analysed data on maximum photosynthetic capacity (J_max, V_cmax), leaf respiration (R_leaf), leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf thickness and leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations from 66 small trees across 12 common genera at the world's longest running tropical rainfall exclusion experiment and compared responses to those from 61 surviving canopy trees. Small trees increased J_max, V_cmax, R_leaf and LMA (71, 29, 32, 15% respectively) in response to the drought treatment, but leaf thickness and leaf nutrient concentrations did not change. Small trees were significantly more responsive than large canopy trees to the drought treatment, suggesting greater phenotypic plasticity and resilience to prolonged drought, although differences among taxa were observed. Our results highlight that small tropical trees have greater capacity to respond to ecosystem level changes and have the potential to regenerate resilient forests following future droughts.     

Causes of reduced leaf‐level photosynthesis during strong El Niño drought in a Central Amazon forest

Sustained drought and concomitant high temperature may reduce photosynthesis and cause tree mortality. Possible causes of reduced photosynthesis include stomatal closure and biochemical inhibition, but their relative roles are unknown in Amazon trees during strong drought events. We assessed the effects of the recent (2015) strong El Niño drought on leaf‐level photosynthesis of Central Amazon trees via these two mechanisms. Through four seasons of 2015, we measured leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters, chlorophyll concentration, and nutrient content in leaves of 57 upper canopy and understory trees of a lowland terra firme forest on well‐drained infertile oxisol. Photosynthesis decreased 28% in the upper canopy and 17% in understory trees during the extreme dry season of 2015, relative to other 2015 seasons and was also lower than the climatically normal dry season of the following non‐El Niño year. Photosynthesis reduction under extreme drought and high temperature in the 2015 dry season was related only to stomatal closure in both upper canopy and understory trees, and not to chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters, chlorophyll, or leaf nutrient concentration. The distinction is important because stomatal closure is a transient regulatory response that can reverse when water becomes available, whereas the other responses reflect more permanent changes or damage to the photosynthetic apparatus. Photosynthesis decrease due to stomatal closure during the 2015 extreme dry season was followed 2 months later by an increase in photosynthesis as rains returned, indicating a margin of resilience to one‐off extreme climatic events in Amazonian forests.     

Functional diversity of photosynthesis during drought in a model tropical rainforest – the contributions of leaf area, photosynthetic electron transport and stomatal conductance to reduction in net ecosystem carbon exchange

The tropical rainforest mesocosm within the Biosphere 2 Laboratory, a model system of some 110 species developed over 12 years under controlled environmental conditions, has been subjected to a series of comparable drought experiments during 2000–2002. In each study, the mesocosm was subjected to a 4–6 week drought, with well‐defined rainfall events before and after the treatment. Ecosystem CO₂ uptake rate (A_eco) declined 32% in response to the drought, with changes occurring within days and being reversible within weeks, even though the deeper soil layers did not become significantly drier and leaf‐level water status of most large trees was not greatly affected. The reduced A_eco during the drought reflected both morphological and physiological responses. It is estimated that the drought‐induced 32% reduction of A_eco has three principal components: (1) leaf fall increased two‐fold whereas leaf expansion growth of some canopy dominants declined to 60%, leading to a 10% decrease in foliage coverage of the canopy. This might be the main reason for the persistent reduction of A_eco after rewatering. (2) The maximum photosynthetic electron transport rate at high light intensities in remaining leaves was reduced to 71% for three of the four species measured, even though no chronic photo‐inhibition occurred. (3) Stomata closed, leading to a reduced ecosystem water conductance to water vapour (33% of pre‐drought values), which not only reduced ecosystem carbon uptake rate, but may also have implications for water and energy budgets of tropical ecosystems. Additionally, individual rainforest trees responded differently, expressing different levels of stress and stress avoiding mechanisms. This functional diversity renders the individual response heterogeneous and has fundamental implications to scale leaf level responses to ecosystem dynamics.     

保水剂对干旱胁迫下刺槐叶绿素a荧光动力学参数的影响

研究了保水剂对干旱胁迫下刺槐叶绿素a荧光动力学参数的影响。结果表明,在干旱胁迫下刺槐叶绿素a荧光动力学参数Fv/Fm,δPSⅡ,qp,NPQ均有所下降,且随着保水剂用量增大,下降程度减小,即保水剂用量越大,对受刺槐干旱胁迫的缓解作用愈明显。保水剂不同水平处理对刺槐叶绿素荧光参数的影响达到显著水平。多重比较结果表明,土壤中保水剂用量只有在不低于0.5kg/m^3时才能有效地发挥抗旱作用。     

干旱和复水对大豆(Glycine max)叶片光合及叶绿素荧光的影响

选用河南省大面积种植的大豆品种豫豆29作为实验材料,通过研究逐步干旱和旱后复水条件下大豆叶片光合、叶绿素荧光等指标随土壤水分的动态变化规律,以期为大豆的水分高效利用提供理论依据。研究发现,在土壤相对含水量高于46.5%时,虽然随着土壤相对含水量的下降,豫豆29仍可以保持它的叶片水分状态;豫豆29的叶片净光合速率在土壤水分中等条件下最大,在土壤相对含水量为64.3%时,它比对照组高出11.2%(P<0.01);在实验的第3d,处理组的土壤相对含水量降为46.5%,叶片水势与对照组相比降低了7.2%(P>0.05),净光合速率为对照组的89.6%(P<0.05),但气孔导度却迅速下降为对照组的44.7%(P<0.01),这说明与叶片的光合和水分状况相比,豫豆29的气孔对土壤水分的匮缺更加敏感。复水后,豫豆29叶片的水势、净光合速率、气孔导度和叶绿素荧光等值都可以得到迅速的恢复,并在实验的最后接近对照组的水平,这表明豫豆29的叶片光合在水分胁迫解除后有迅速恢复的能力。     

气温升高与干旱胁迫对宁夏枸杞光合作用的影响

以宁夏枸杞1年生苗木为材料,采用开顶式生长室模拟增温环境,设置两个温度水平(正常环境温度,增温=正常环境温度+2.5—3.7℃)和3个土壤水分水平(正常水分条件(田间最大持水量的70%—75%)、中度干旱处理(田间最大持水量的50%—55%)和重度干旱处理(田间最大持水量的35%—40%)),研究气温升高和干旱胁迫对宁夏枸杞光合作用的影响。结果表明:(1)在增温条件下,中度和重度干旱处理下的净光合速率比对照(正常供水)分别下降17.5%、48.9%,气孔导度平均下降了3.9%,水分利用效率仅为正常环境温度下的57.8%。(2)在气温升高和干旱胁迫交互作用下,枸杞叶片的净光合速率、气孔导度、胞间CO2浓度显著下降的同时,增温处理又加剧了枸杞植株的蒸腾耗水,从而导致枸杞叶片水分的利用效率和CO2同化能力降低。(3)气温升高和干旱胁迫交互作用降低了枸杞的PSⅡ活性中心的光能转换效率、使光合机构和PSⅡ反应中心受到损伤,从而导致枸杞光合作用效率下降。(4)气温升高加剧了干旱胁迫对宁夏枸杞叶片净光合速率和水分利用效率的减小作用,即气温升高加剧了干旱胁迫对宁夏枸杞光合作用的抑制作用。     

Photosynthesis of oak trees [Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.] during drought under field conditions: diurnal course of net CO2 assimilation and photochemical efficiency of photosystem II

Adult trees of Quercus petraea were submitted to controlled water shortage in a natural stand near Nancy, France. Diurnal course of net CO₂ assimilation rate (A) was measured in situ together with chlorophyll a fluorescence determined on dark adapted leaves. In 1990, trees experienced a strong water stress, with predawn and midday leaf water potentials below –2·0 and –3·0 MPa, respectively. Diurnal course of A of well-watered trees exhibited sometimes important midday decreases in A related to high temperature and vapour pressure deficit. Decreases in initial (F_o) and maximal (F_m) fluorescence and sometimes in photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (F_v/F_m) were observed and probably revealed the onset of mechanisms for thermal de-excitation. These mechanisms were shown to be sensitive to dithiothreitol. All these effects were reversible and vanished almost completely overnight. Therefore, they may be considered as protective mechanisms adjusting activity of photosystem II to the electron requirement for photosynthesis. Water stress amplified these reactions: A was strongly decreased, showing important midday depression; diurnal reductions in F_m and F_v/F_m were enhanced. The same trends were observed during summer 1991, despite a less marked drought. These protective mechanisms seemed very effective, as no photoinhibitory damage to PS II could be detected in either water stressed or control trees.     

干旱和复水对入侵植物三裂叶蟛蜞菊叶片叶绿素荧光特性的影响

选取入侵植物三裂叶蟛蜞菊(Wedelia trilobata)及其本地近缘种蟛蜞菊(W. chinensis)为实验材料,比较干旱和复水后二者叶片的叶绿素荧光特性和抗氧化酶活性等生理指标的变化规律,探讨入侵种三裂叶蟛蜞菊对干旱的响应和生态适应性.结果发现,在自然干旱处理过程中,入侵种三裂叶蟛蜞菊与本地种蟛蜞菊相比土壤含水量下降较快,对它们叶片气孔形态的比较发现,干旱胁迫11d后三裂叶蟛蜞菊叶片气孔开度明显大于蟛蜞菊,这可能是导致其失水较快的原因之一.干旱胁迫11d后三裂叶蟛蜞菊的PSⅡ最大光能转化效率(Fv/Fm)降低了43.8%,而蟛蜞菊只降低了3.7%;同时,与蟛蜞菊相比,三裂叶蟛蜞菊的PSⅡ实际光化学量子产量(Yield)、表观光合电子传递速率(ETR)和光化学猝灭系数(qP)也表现出较大幅度的降低,说明三裂叶蟛蜞菊对干旱胁迫较敏感;但复水后,三裂叶蟛蜞菊能够较快地恢复到正常水平,且与本地种不存在显著差异.这主要是由于入侵种在遭受干旱胁迫时提高了对其过量激发能的热耗散能力以及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和抗坏血酸还原酶(APX)的活性,保护光合机构少受不可逆的损伤,使其在干旱胁迫解除后光合功能得以迅速恢复.研究结果初步表明三裂叶蟛蜞菊容易受到水分条件的限制,它向干旱地区扩散的可能性较小.     

干热胁迫和复水对草坪草光合生理生态特性的影响

选用草地早熟禾的5个品种作为试验材料,研究干热胁迫和复水对草坪草光合生理的影响,以期为冷季型草坪草在炎热的夏季进行抗旱栽培和高效利用水分提供理论参考.试验结果显示:在干热胁迫初期,5个草坪草品种的土壤含水量(SWC)和3个光合生理指标净光合速率(Pn)、叶片蒸腾速率(Tr)、叶片荧光参数(Fv/Fm)呈下降趋势,而气孔导度(Gs)、胞间CO2浓度(Ci)却呈现出缓慢上升趋势;随着干热胁迫时间的延长,以上6个指标不同程度地呈现出明显下降趋势,但奖品(Award)的5个光合生理指标下降趋势明显高于其它4个品种的.复水处理后,各个品种的6个指标明显恢复("奖品(Award)"除外),复水10 d 后均能恢复到正常供水值的60%以上.这些试验结果表明,干热胁迫影响了草地早熟禾草坪草的正常光合代谢,以叶片净光合速率(Pn)、叶片蒸腾速率(Tr)、叶片荧光参数(Fv/Fm)、气孔导度(Gs)、胞间CO2浓度(Ci)指标的下降为例证.而且这几个品种的光合指标在干热胁迫和复水条件下的变化从一个方面反映了它们对逆境的适应能力.     

Comparative Study on the Changes in Photosynthetic Activity of the Homoiochlorophyllous Desiccation-Tolerant Haberlea Rhodopensis and Desiccation-Sensitive Spinach Leaves During Desiccation and Rehydration

The functional peculiarities and responses of the photosynthetic system in the flowering homoiochlorophyllous desiccation-tolerant (HDT) Haberlea rhodopensis and the non-desiccation-tolerant spinach were compared during desiccation and rehydration. Increasing rate of water loss clearly modifies the kinetic parameters of fluorescence induction, thermoluminescence emission, far-red induced P700 oxidation and oxygen evolution in the leaves of both species. The values of these parameters returned nearly to the control level after 24 h rehydration only of the leaves of HDT plant. PS II was converted in a non-functional state in desiccated spinach in accordance with the changes in membrane permeability, malondialdehyde, proline and H₂O₂ contents. Moreover, our data showed a strong reduction of the total number of PS II centers in Haberlea without any changes in the energetics of the charge recombination. We consider this observation, together with the previously reported unusually high temperature of B-band (S₂Q_B-) emission of Haberlea to reflect some specific adaptive characteristics of the photosynthetic system. As far as we know this is the first time when such adaptive characteristics and mechanism of the photosynthetic system of a flowering HDT higher plant is described. These features of Haberlea can explain the fast recovery of its photosynthesis after desiccation, which enable this HDT plant to rapidly take advantage of frequent changes in water availability.     

The space‐time continuum: the effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on trees and the importance of scaling

To predict how forests will respond to rising temperatures and atmospheric CO₂ concentrations, we need to understand how trees respond to both of these environmental factors. In this review, we discuss the importance of scaling, moving from leaf‐level responses to those of the canopy, and from short‐term to long‐term responses of vegetation to climate change. While our knowledge of leaf‐level, instantaneous responses of photosynthesis, respiration, stomatal conductance, transpiration and water‐use efficiency to elevated CO₂ and temperature is quite good, our ability to scale these responses up to larger spatial and temporal scales is less developed. We highlight which physiological processes are least understood at various levels of study, and discuss how ignoring differences in the spatial or temporal scale of a physiological process impedes our ability to predict how forest carbon and water fluxes forests will be altered in the future. We also synthesize data from the literature to show that light respiration follows a generalized temperature response across studies, and that the light compensation point of photosynthesis is reduced by elevated growth CO₂. Lastly, we emphasize the need to move beyond single factorial experiments whenever possible, and to combine both CO₂ and temperature treatments in studies of tree performance.     

果树营养液对苹果外部形态、生理及其品质的影响

在果树休眠期,通过主干注射果树营养液替代果园土壤施肥,对苹果外部形态、果实品质及其生理作用影响进行了研究。结果表明,萌芽期提前,花期早而且盛花期花朵开放整剂稳定;萌芽率、成花率、成枝率提高;果树根系鲜重和数量显著增加,其中20－40cm土层中增长最为显著;叶片的光合速率和叶绿素（a b）含量也大幅度上升;果实品质明显改善,产量增加。从总体看,果树营养注射液有广阔的发展前景和推广价值。     

Imaging spectroscopy reveals the effects of topography and logging on the leaf chemistry of tropical forest canopy trees

Logging, pervasive across the lowland tropics, affects millions of hectares of forest, yet its influence on nutrient cycling remains poorly understood. One hypothesis is that logging influences phosphorus (P) cycling, because this scarce nutrient is removed in extracted timber and eroded soil, leading to shifts in ecosystem functioning and community composition. However, testing this is challenging because P varies within landscapes as a function of geology, topography and climate. Superimposed upon these trends are compositional changes in logged forests, with species with more acquisitive traits, characterized by higher foliar P concentrations, more dominant. It is difficult to resolve these patterns using traditional field approaches alone. Here, we use airborne light detection and ranging‐guided hyperspectral imagery to map foliar nutrient (i.e. P, nitrogen [N]) concentrations, calibrated using field measured traits, over 400 km² of northeastern Borneo, including a landscape‐level disturbance gradient spanning old‐growth to repeatedly logged forests. The maps reveal that canopy foliar P and N concentrations decrease with elevation. These relationships were not identified using traditional field measurements of leaf and soil nutrients. After controlling for topography, canopy foliar nutrient concentrations were lower in logged forest than in old‐growth areas, reflecting decreased nutrient availability. However, foliar nutrient concentrations and specific leaf area were greatest in relatively short patches in logged areas, reflecting a shift in composition to pioneer species with acquisitive traits. N:P ratio increased in logged forest, suggesting reduced soil P availability through disturbance. Through the first landscape scale assessment of how functional leaf traits change in response to logging, we find that differences from old‐growth forest become more pronounced as logged forests increase in stature over time, suggesting exacerbated phosphorus limitation as forests recover.     

适度高温胁迫对亚热带森林3种建群树种幼树光合作用的影响

利用Licor-6400光合作用测定系统和叶室荧光仪（Licor-6400LCF）测定适度高温（42℃）胁迫下阳生树种荷木（Schima superba）、耐荫树种黄果厚壳桂（Cryptocarya concinna）和中生性树种红锥（Castanopsis hystrix）在全日光和遮阴（20％全日光）生长下的叶片光合速率和叶绿素a荧光。适度高温胁迫引起全日光和遮阴叶片PSII原初最大光化量子产率（Fv/Tm）降低,反映适度高温胁迫引起PSII功能的部分抑制。其中适度高温对阴生树种黄果厚壳桂和遮阴下生长叶片的PSII抑制较阳生树种荷木在全日光下生长的叶片大。除在全日光下生长的黄果壳桂外,适度高温胁迫能增高全日光或遮阴下生长的荷木和红锥叶片的光合速率。同时亦表现较高的耐高光强抑制的能力。适度高温胁迫降低全日光下生长荷木和红锥叶片的PSII量子产率（ФPSII）,但对具有低西ФPSII的阴生树种黄果厚壳桂或在遮阴下生长的阳生树种荷木或中生性树种红锥叶片则影响较小。适度高温胁迫引起生长在全日光下的阳生树种荷木或中生性树种红锥叶片的CO2同化量子需要量降低,但甚少影响阴生树种黄果厚壳桂或遮阴下生长叶片CO2同化量子需要量。适度高温对亚热带森林建群种幼树光合作用的影响依赖于植物种类和叶类型（阳生和阴生叶）。     

Effects of moderate high-temperature stress on photosynthesis in three saplings of the constructive tree species of subtropical forest

During the exposition to moderate high-temperature stress, photosynthetic rates and fluorescence of chlorophyll a were measured with a photosynthetic measurement system (Li-Cor 6400) and leaf chamber fluorometer (Li-Cor6400 LCF), respectively, in leaves of saplings, sun-adapted species (Schima superba), shade-adapted species (Cryptocarya concinna), and in mesophytic plant (Castanopsis hystrix) (42°C). The results showed that moderate high-temperature stress led to a decrease in F_v/F_m, namely the primary photochemical quantum efficiency, indicating that moderate high-temperature stress causes a partial inhibition of PSII. It also showed that such an effect was more severe in the shade-adapted plant C. concinna than in the sun-adapted species S. superba. However, except for the sun-grown leaves of C. concinna, the moderate high-temperature stress increased the photosynthetic rate of leaves at high light intensity. Simultaneously, less photoinhibition was found to occur under high-light intensity, suggesting that the capacity of resistant-photoinhibition was stimulated by moderate high-temperature stress. The quantum yield of PSII (ϕ_PSII) decreased in the sun-grown leaves of S. superba and C. hystrix but did not show any significant change in leaves of the shade plant C. concinna and shade-grown leaves of sun plant S. superba or the mesophytic plant C. hystrix because they already had a very low ϕ_PSII under this condition. Moderate high-temperature stress led to a decrease in ϕ_PSII/ϕ_CO2 ratios, an estimate of the quantum requirement for CO₂ assimilation, in the sun plant S. superba and the mesophytic plant C. hystrix because they were associated with the dissipation of a lower fraction of excitation energy. However, no significant changes were found in shade plant C. concinna and in shade-grown leaves of the other examined plants. The effect of moderate high-temperature (42°C) on photosynthesis depends on species and leaf type (sun and shade leaves) in the saplings of subtropical broad-leaved trees.     

Effects of moderate high-temperature stress on photosynthesis in three saplings of the constructive tree species of subtropical forest

During the exposition to moderate high-temperature stress, photosynthetic rates and fluorescence of chlorophyll a were measured with a photosynthetic measurement system (Li-Cor 6400) and leaf chamber fluorometer (Li-Cor6400 LCF), respectively, in leaves of saplings, sun-adapted species (Schima superba), shade-adapted species (Cryptocarya concinna), and in mesophytic plant (Castanopsis hystrix) (42°C). The results showed that moderate high-temperature stress led to a decrease in F_v/F_>m, namely the primary photochemical quantum efficiency, indicating that moderate high-temperature stress causes a partial inhibition of PSII. It also showed that such an effect was more severe in the shade-adapted plant C. concinna than in the sun-adapted species S. superba. However, except for the sun-grown leaves of C. concinna, the moderate high-temperature stress increased the photosynthetic rate of leaves at high light intensity. Simultaneously, less photoinhibition was found to occur under high-light intensity, suggesting that the capacity of resistant-photoinhibition was stimulated by moderate high-temperature stress. The quantum yield of PSII (?_PSII) decreased in the sun-grown leaves of S. superba and C. hystrix but did not show any significant change in leaves of the shade plant C. concinna and shade-grown leaves of sun plant S. superba or the mesophytic plant C. hystrix because they already had a very low ?_PSII under this condition. Moderate high-temperature stress led to a decrease in ?_PSII/?_CO2 ratios, an estimate of the quantum requirement for CO2 assimilation, in the sun plant S. superba and the mesophytic plant C. hystrix because they were associated with the dissipation of a lower fraction of excitation energy. However, no significant changes were found in shade plant C. concinna and in shade-grown leaves of the other examined plants. The effect of moderate high-temperature (42°C) on photosynthesis depends on species and leaf type (sun and shade leaves) in the saplings of subtropical broad-leaved trees.     

干旱胁迫对日本荚蒾幼苗光合生理特性的影响

为了探讨极小种群野生植物日本荚蒾(Viburnum japonicum)对干旱胁迫的响应,以日本荚蒾二年实生苗为材料进行盆栽控水实验,设置正常供水(CK)、轻度干旱(LS)、中度干旱(MS)和重度干旱(SS)4个水分处理,研究持续干旱处理对日本荚蒾幼苗光合生理特性的影响。结果表明:在CK、LS、MS水分梯度下,日本荚蒾幼苗生长正常,但在SS胁迫下受影响明显,植株全部死亡。各胁迫阶段叶片净光合速率(P_n)、SPAD值、最大净光合速率(P_(nmax))、表观量子效率(AQY)、暗呼吸速率(R_d)表现出随水分梯度的降低而减小,光饱和点(LSP)、光补偿点(LCP)则相反,各水分梯度下AQY随时间延长逐渐上升,SS处理幼苗在胁迫45d及以后P_n均为负值。最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)在胁迫过程中变化范围较小;实际光量子效率(ΦPSII)、电子传递速率(ETR)、光化学猝灭系数(qP)随土壤水分的减少而降低,非光化学猝灭系数(NPQ)逐渐上升,LS、MS与CK间变化幅度较小,但SS与CK间差距逐渐增大。结果表明在轻度和中度干旱下日本荚蒾幼苗表现出一定的适应性和耐干旱能力,而长期重度干旱则对幼苗影响较为严重。     

Strong thermal acclimation of photosynthesis in tropical and temperate wet‐forest tree species: the importance of altered Rubisco content

Understanding of the extent of acclimation of light‐saturated net photosynthesis (A_n) to temperature (T), and associated underlying mechanisms, remains limited. This is a key knowledge gap given the importance of thermal acclimation for plant functioning, both under current and future higher temperatures, limiting the accuracy and realism of Earth system model (ESM) predictions. Given this, we analysed and modelled T‐dependent changes in photosynthetic capacity in 10 wet‐forest tree species: six from temperate forests and four from tropical forests. Temperate and tropical species were each acclimated to three daytime growth temperatures (T_growth): temperate – 15, 20 and 25 °C; tropical – 25, 30 and 35 °C. CO₂ response curves of A_n were used to model maximal rates of RuBP (ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate) carboxylation (V_cmax) and electron transport (J_max) at each treatment's respective T_growth and at a common measurement T (25 °C). SDS‐PAGE gels were used to determine abundance of the CO₂‐fixing enzyme, Rubisco. Leaf chlorophyll, nitrogen (N) and mass per unit leaf area (LMA) were also determined. For all species and T_growth, A_n at current atmospheric CO₂ partial pressure was Rubisco‐limited. Across all species, LMA decreased with increasing T_growth. Similarly, area‐based rates of V_cmax at a measurement T of 25 °C (V_cmax²⁵) linearly declined with increasing T_growth, linked to a concomitant decline in total leaf protein per unit leaf area and Rubisco as a percentage of leaf N. The decline in Rubisco constrained V_cmax and A_n for leaves developed at higher T_growth and resulted in poor predictions of photosynthesis by currently widely used models that do not account for T_growth‐mediated changes in Rubisco abundance that underpin the thermal acclimation response of photosynthesis in wet‐forest tree species. A new model is proposed that accounts for the effect of T_growth‐mediated declines in V_cmax²⁵ on A_n, complementing current photosynthetic thermal acclimation models that do not account for T sensitivity of V_cmax²⁵.