植物生态学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (12): 2004-2014.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2024.0424  cstr: 32100.14.cjpe.2024.0424

所属专题: 虚拟专辑 | 干旱响应与适应 | 整合生物学期刊集群跨刊组建

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极端干旱后喀斯特树木水力功能恢复动态及其影响因素

贾慧琳1,2,3, 倪隆康2,3, 秦佳双2,3, 廖苏慧2,3, 谭羽2,3, 何佳懿1,2,3, 顾大形2,3,*()   

  1. 1广西师范大学生命科学学院, 广西桂林 541006
    2广西壮族自治区中国科学院广西植物研究所, 广西喀斯特植物保育与恢复生态学重点实验室, 广西桂林城市生态系统定位观测研究站, 广西桂林 541006
    3生态环境部生态质量综合监测站广西桂林城市站(城市), 广西桂林漓江站(森林), 广西桂林 541006
  • 收稿日期:2024-11-26 接受日期:2025-04-03 出版日期:2025-12-20 发布日期:2025-12-25
  • 通讯作者: *顾大形(E-gudaxing2008@163.com)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(32060243)

Dynamics of hydraulic function recovery of karst trees following extreme drought and its influencing factors

JIA Hui-Lin1,2,3, NI Long-Kang2,3, QIN Jia-Shuang2,3, LIAO Su-Hui2,3, TAN Yu2,3, HE Jia-Yi1,2,3, GU Da-Xing2,3,*()   

  1. 1College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China
    2Guangxi Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Guilin Urban Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China
    3Guangxi Guilin Lijiang River Station (Forest Type) of Ecological Quality Comprehensive Monitoring Station of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangxi Guilin Urban Station (City Type), Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China
  • Received:2024-11-26 Accepted:2025-04-03 Online:2025-12-20 Published:2025-12-25
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060243)

摘要:

随着气候变化, 全球极端干旱事件频发, 迫切需要了解树木在遭遇极端干旱之后的恢复能力和影响因素。该研究选取广西桂林喀斯特常绿落叶阔叶混交林中7个优势树种, 分析各树种木质部输水功能在极端干旱末期及干旱后的动态差异及其与木质部特征、环境因子的相关关系。发现: (1)在极端干旱末期, 除樟(Cinnamomum camphora)外, 其他树种的木质部水力导度丧失百分率(PLC)均高于或接近50%, 最高达87.92%。极端干旱末期所有树种的PLC随木质部饱和含水率(SWC)增加而线性降低, 散孔材树种的PLC与木质部密度(WD)和SWC分别存在显著的正相关和负相关关系, 说明木质部储水能力是极端干旱下喀斯特树木输水功能的重要影响因素。(2)光蜡树(Fraxinus griffithii) PLC在极端干旱结束次年春季才出现首次显著降低, 新导管形成可能是其极端干旱后输水功能恢复的策略; 而南酸枣(Choerospondias axillaris)与麻栎(Quercus acutissima)、青冈(Quercus glauca)、黄梨木(Boniodendron minius)和灰岩润楠(Machilus calcicola) PLC分别在极端干旱结束第3天和第13天出现PLC的首次显著降低, 栓塞导管的再充水可能是这些树种恢复输水功能的策略。(3)极端干旱事件结束后, 所有树种后6次采样时PLC较上一次的恢复程度与当次采样前3日内饱和水汽压差(VPD)均值呈显著的正相关关系, 说明土壤水分条件恢复后, 空气干燥程度对极端干旱后喀斯特树木水力功能恢复具有重要影响。(4)极端干旱后的恢复过程中, 多个树种出现接近甚至高于极端干旱末期的栓塞程度, 表现出明显的栓塞疲劳现象, 环孔材树种的栓塞疲劳程度整体高于散孔材树种。

关键词: 水力导度, 自然恢复, 木质部储水能力, 空气干旱, 栓塞疲劳

Abstract:

Aims Global climate change is exacerbating the frequency of extreme drought events, underscoring the critical need to understand the resilience of trees and the factors influencing their recovery following these events.

Methods Seven dominant tree species in karst evergreen and deciduous broadleaf mixed forest in Guilin, Guangxi, were selected to analyze the dynamic differences of xylem water transport function and its correlation with xylem characteristics and environmental factors at the end of extreme drought and after drought.

Important findings (1) With the exception of Cinnamomum camphora, all the studied tree species showed a percentage loss of xylem hydraulic conductivity (PLC) exceeding or approximating 50% at the end of extreme drought, with a maximum value of 87.92%. Across all the species, PLC demonstrated a linear decrease in relation to increasing xylem saturation water content at the end of extreme drought. Furthermore, PLC of porous species was significantly and positively correlated with xylem density (WD), but negatively with xylem saturation water content (SWC), indicating that xylem water storage capacity plays a crucial role in influencing the water transport function of karst trees under extreme drought conditions. (2) Following an extreme drought event, PLC in Fraxinus griffithii significantly increased in the subsequent spring. This suggests that the formation of new xylem vessels may be a critical mechanism for restoring water transport function in this species. In contrast, Choerospondias axillaris, Quercus acutissima, Quercus glauca, Boniodendron minius, and Machilus calcicola exhibited a significant increase in PLC within 3 and 13 days post-drought, respectively. For these species, the refilling of embolized xylem vessels appears to be the primary strategy for recovering water transport capacity. (3) Following an extreme drought event, the recovery degree of PLC in all tree species, measured over the final six sampling periods, exhibited a significant positive correlation with the mean saturated water vapor pressure deficit (VPD) within three days preceding each sampling, indicating the degree of atmospheric aridity significantly influenced the hydraulic function recovery of karst trees after soil moisture replenishment. (4) During the recovery process after extreme drought, most tree species showed embolism levels comparable to, or exceeding, those observed at the drought’s culmination. The ring-porous species demonstrated a greater degree embolism fatigue compared to diffuse-porous species.

Key words: hydraulic conductance, spontaneous recovery, xylem water storage capacity, air drought, embolic fatigue