Springtime ecosystem-scale monoterpene fluxes from Mediterranean pine forests across a precipitation gradient
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Springtime ecosystem-scale monoterpene fluxes from Mediterranean pine forests across a precipitation gradient. / Seco, Roger; Karl, Thomas; Turnipseed, Andrew; Greenberg, Jim; Guenther, Alex; Llusia, Joan; Peñuelas, Josep; Dicken, Uri; Rotenberg, Eyal; Kim, Saewung; Yakir, Dan.
In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 237-238, 2017, p. 150-159.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Springtime ecosystem-scale monoterpene fluxes from Mediterranean pine forests across a precipitation gradient
AU - Seco, Roger
AU - Karl, Thomas
AU - Turnipseed, Andrew
AU - Greenberg, Jim
AU - Guenther, Alex
AU - Llusia, Joan
AU - Peñuelas, Josep
AU - Dicken, Uri
AU - Rotenberg, Eyal
AU - Kim, Saewung
AU - Yakir, Dan
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We quantified springtime ecosystem-scale monoterpene fluxes from two similar Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) forests, located in Israel, that differed in the amount of received precipitation: Yatir in the arid south and Birya in the northern part of Israel (291 and 755 mm annual average rainfall, respectively). In addition to the lower water availability, during our measurement campaign the Yatir site suffered from a heat wave with temperatures up to 35 °C, which made the campaign-average net CO2 assimilation to occur in the morning (1 μmol m−2 s−1), with the rest of the daytime hours mainly dominated by net release of CO2. The milder conditions at Birya favored a higher net CO2 assimilation during all daytime hours (with average peaks higher than 10 μmol m−2 s−1). Despite these large differences in ambient conditions and CO2 net assimilation, daytime monoterpene emission capacities at both sites were comparable. While observed monoterpene fluxes were lower at Yatir than at Birya (hourly averages up to 0.4 and 1 mg m−2 h−1, respectively), the standardized hourly fluxes, after accounting for the differences in light, temperature and stand density between both sites, were comparable (0–1.3 mg m−2 h−1). The approach typically used by biogenic emission models overestimated monoterpene fluxes at Yatir when temperatures rose during the heat wave. This result, together with complementary leaf-level measurements showing that summertime monoterpene fluxes almost completely ceased at Yatir while being enhanced at Birya, highlight the interaction of water scarcity and high temperatures that drive monoterpene emissions from vegetation in such extreme climate zones and the need to further improve model performance.
AB - We quantified springtime ecosystem-scale monoterpene fluxes from two similar Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) forests, located in Israel, that differed in the amount of received precipitation: Yatir in the arid south and Birya in the northern part of Israel (291 and 755 mm annual average rainfall, respectively). In addition to the lower water availability, during our measurement campaign the Yatir site suffered from a heat wave with temperatures up to 35 °C, which made the campaign-average net CO2 assimilation to occur in the morning (1 μmol m−2 s−1), with the rest of the daytime hours mainly dominated by net release of CO2. The milder conditions at Birya favored a higher net CO2 assimilation during all daytime hours (with average peaks higher than 10 μmol m−2 s−1). Despite these large differences in ambient conditions and CO2 net assimilation, daytime monoterpene emission capacities at both sites were comparable. While observed monoterpene fluxes were lower at Yatir than at Birya (hourly averages up to 0.4 and 1 mg m−2 h−1, respectively), the standardized hourly fluxes, after accounting for the differences in light, temperature and stand density between both sites, were comparable (0–1.3 mg m−2 h−1). The approach typically used by biogenic emission models overestimated monoterpene fluxes at Yatir when temperatures rose during the heat wave. This result, together with complementary leaf-level measurements showing that summertime monoterpene fluxes almost completely ceased at Yatir while being enhanced at Birya, highlight the interaction of water scarcity and high temperatures that drive monoterpene emissions from vegetation in such extreme climate zones and the need to further improve model performance.
KW - Biogenic emissions
KW - Drought
KW - MEGAN
KW - Monoterpenes
KW - Pinus halepensis
KW - VOC
U2 - 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.02.007
DO - 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.02.007
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85013213186
VL - 237-238
SP - 150
EP - 159
JO - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
JF - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
SN - 0168-1923
ER -
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