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Canopy conductance and stand transpiration of Populus simonii Carr in response to soil and atmospheric water deficits in farmland shelterbelt, Northwest China

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Populus simonii Carr trees are the most abundant species in Xinjiang farmland shelterbelt. They played an important role in protecting farmland ecosystem. Their stand transpiration rates and canopy conductances ranged from 0.14 to 1.02 cm d−1 and from 1.19*10−3 to 8.99*10−5 m s−1, respectively, during the 2014 growing season. Transpiration rate was showed quadratic polynomial regression with vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and air temperature (T), and exponential relationship with solar radiation (Rn). Furthermore, transpiration peaked at VPD, T, and Rn were 2.1 kPa, 23 °C, and 200 W m−2, respectively. Canopy conductance increased exponentially with the increasing Rn, whereas decreased logarithmically with the increasing VPD. Besides, transpiration increased with the increasing T and VPD ,and decreased sharply with the increasing soil water deficit. Finally, canopy conductance increased with the decreasing atmospheric water deficit. These results are not only providing the basis for more detailed analyses of water physiology and growth of Populus simonii Carr trees for the later application of a climate-driven process model, but also might have implications for farmland shelterbelt management.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41371115).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, People’s Republic of China

    Shuai FU & Yi Luo

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11 A Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, People’s Republic of China

    Lin Sun & Yi Luo

  3. School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People’s Republic of China

    Shuai FU

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Shuai FU & Yi Luo

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FU, S., Sun, L. & Luo, Y. Canopy conductance and stand transpiration of Populus simonii Carr in response to soil and atmospheric water deficits in farmland shelterbelt, Northwest China. Agroforest Syst 91, 1165–1180 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-016-0002-4

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