文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Wang, Yanbing ¹ ; Wang, Yanhui ² ; Xiong, Wei ² ; Yao, Yiqiang ³ ; Zhang, Tong ³ ; Li, Zhenhua ³ ; Han, Xinsheng ² ; Ru, Hao ⁸ ;

作者机构： 1.Forestry & Grassland Engn Stn Shanxi Prov, Taiyuan 030012, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Forestry, Ecol & Nat Conservat Inst, Beijing 100091, Peoples R China

3.Liupan Mt Forest Ecosyst Positioning Observat & Re, Guyuan 756400, Peoples R China

4.Minist Emergency Management, North Aerial Forest Fire Prevent Ctr, Harbin 100070, Peoples R China

5.Shanxi Transportat Res Inst, Taiyuan 030002, Peoples R China

6.Xinxiang Univ, Sch Civil Engn & Architecture, Xinxiang 453000, Peoples R China

7.Ningxia Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Inst Forestry & Grassland Ecol, Key Lab Desertificat Control & Soil & Water Conser, Yinchuan 750002, Peoples R China

8.Taiyuan Urban Ecosyst Res Stn, Taiyuan 030012, Peoples R China

关键词： larch plantations; stand transpiration; sap flow velocity; difference between slope positions; semiarid regions

期刊名称：FORESTS （ 影响因子：2.5； 五年影响因子：2.7 ）

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年卷期： 2025 年 16 卷 5 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： This study aimed to understand the difference in forest transpiration (T) between slope positions and to separate the contributions of main influencing factors to improve the accuracy of forest transpiration estimation at the slope scale by up-scaling the results measured at the plot scale, especially in semiarid regions with significant soil moisture differences along slope positions. Two plots of larch plantation were established, one at the lower position and another at the upper position of a northwest-facing slope in the semiarid area of the Liupan Mountains in northwest China. The sap flow velocity (J(S), mLcm(-2)min(-1)) of sample trees, meteorological parameters in the open field, and soil water potential in the main root zone (0-60 cm) were monitored simultaneously in the growing season (from July to September) of 2015. However, only the transpiration data of 59 selected effective days were used, after excluding the days with rainfall and missing data. Based on the relative sap flow velocity (the ratio of instantaneous sap flow velocity to its daily peak value), the impacts of terrain shading and soil water potential on sap flow velocity at varying slope positions were quantitatively disentangled. The reduction in J(S) at the lower slope plot, attributed to terrain shading, exhibited a positive linear correlation with solar radiation intensity. Conversely, the J(S) reduction at the upper slope plot demonstrated a quadratic functional relationship with the differential in soil water potential between the two plots. Subsequently, employing the relationship whereby transpiration is equivalent to the product of sap flow velocity and sapwood area, we conducted a quantitative analysis of the contributions of soil water potential, sapwood area, terrain shading, and their interaction to the disparity in transpiration between the two slope positions. The total transpiration of the 59 effective days was 41.91 mm at the lower slope plot, slightly higher than that at the upper slope plot (37.38 mm), indicating a small difference (4.53 mm) due to the offsetting effects of multiple factors. When taking the upper slope plot as a reference, the plot difference in soil water potential increased the total transpiration for the 59 days at the lower slope plot by 16.40 mm, while the differences in sapwood area and terrain shading and the interaction of the three factors decreased the total transpiration at the lower slope plot by 6.61, 2.86, and 2.40 mm, respectively, making a net increase of 4.53 mm. Based on the pilot study under given conditions of location, soil, climate, and vegetation, the contributions of the influencing factors to the stand transpiration differences between the upper and lower slopes are as follows: soil moisture (soil water potential) > stand structure (sapwood area) > solar radiation (terrain shading) > interaction of all factors. All these impacts should be considered for the accurate prediction of forest transpiration at the slope scale through up-scaling from measurement at the plot scale, especially in semiarid regions.