Articles
LINKING PHENOLOGICAL DATA TO ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF EUROPEAN BEECH
Article number
991_36
Pages
293 – 299
Language
English
Abstract
Phenological observations and ecophysiological measurements were conducted in a 45-year-old European beech stand in the Drahanská vrchovina (the Czech Republic). Ecophysiological studies included sap flow measurements on stem using trunk heat balance method, transmittance of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and stem volume changes.
Sap flow was tightly connected to the phenological stage of the tree and to other ecophysiological measurements.
Utilization of instrumental techniques better specified tree physiological status and phenophase than pure observations and qualified guess.
Onset of spring phenological stages (i.e., leaf area development) was easily identifiable from sap flow measurements, dendrometer readings and PAR transmittance.
Given longer duration of autumn development and higher variability in external factors, autumn phenological stages were not as easy to identify as spring stages, however, they were still projected into the long term ecophysiology.
We conclude that ecophysiological measurements provide additional value in objectification of phenological studies, and phenological observations can help to interpret ecophysiological measurements and thus to help to underlying physiological processes.
Sap flow was tightly connected to the phenological stage of the tree and to other ecophysiological measurements.
Utilization of instrumental techniques better specified tree physiological status and phenophase than pure observations and qualified guess.
Onset of spring phenological stages (i.e., leaf area development) was easily identifiable from sap flow measurements, dendrometer readings and PAR transmittance.
Given longer duration of autumn development and higher variability in external factors, autumn phenological stages were not as easy to identify as spring stages, however, they were still projected into the long term ecophysiology.
We conclude that ecophysiological measurements provide additional value in objectification of phenological studies, and phenological observations can help to interpret ecophysiological measurements and thus to help to underlying physiological processes.
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Authors
J. Urban, E. Bednářová, R. Plichta, J. Kučera
Keywords
Fagus sylvatica, sap flow, phenology, stem diameter fluctuation, PAR transmittance
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