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Stem CO2 efflux (E s) has been estimated from a temperature-related equation, but sap flux often affects measurements of E s, which leads to misunderstanding real stem respiration. In order to observe the relationship between E s and stem temperature and to analyze the effect of sap velocity on E s, stem temperature, E s and sap flux were measured from a subtropical Schima superba plantation in South China on three trees for consecutive 3 days in July and October 2009. Stem temperature, E s and sap velocity were significantly higher in July than in October. Stem temperature could explain 17–41 and 54–75% variations of E s in July and October, respectively. A negative relationship between E s and stem temperature was found during 1800–2300 hours in July. The daytime E s was 9.2, 4.3 and 2.4% higher than the predicted for three trees in July, and this occurred only on Tree 1 in October. Sap velocity was positively correlated with E s for three trees in July, and the increase of E s with the increase of sap velocity was only observed on Tree 1 in October. These results demonstrated that the occurrence of sap flux could account for the increase of daytime E s, and the effect of sap velocity on E s varied with the seasons from the S. superba stem.
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The authors express their gratitude to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770328, 30871998, 41030638) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (07006917).
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Zhu, L.W., Zhao, P., Cai, X.A. et al. Effects of sap velocity on the daytime increase of stem CO2 efflux from stems of Schima superba trees. Trees 26, 535–542 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-011-0615-1
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