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Effect of stomatal control on Populus simonii Carr stand transpiration in farmland shelterbelt, China’s semi-arid region

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Farmland shelterbelt is an important biome for protecting the oasis agricultural system, and Populus simonii Carr is the main tree species of farmland shelterbelt. The unknown mechanism of controlling tree transpiration under different drought conditions restricted the development of farmland shelterbelt. In this study, we applied sap flow to measure stand transpiration, coupled with calculating canopy conductance, aerodynamic conductance and the decoupling coefficient, to identify the effect of environmental change on farmland shelterbelt transpiration and protection. Results showed stand transpiration of the farmland shelterbelt increased with soil water content rising, the stand transpiration was 7.69 L d−1, 10.48 L d−1 and 15.96 L d−1 at heavy drought, medium drought and wet period, respectively; the daily canopy conductance ranged from 5.32 × 10−5 to 5.24 × 10−4 ms−1. Climate change and water stress affected farmland shelterbelt transpiration by changing stomata and leaf area index. Stomata controls most of the stand transpiration in heavy dry and wet periods, while temperature, relative humid and solar radiation play more important roles in moderately dry periods. In the shelterbelt, it is the atmospheric demand and vapor pressure deficit that control farmland shelterbelt stand transpiration. This investigation provides a preliminary interpretation of the mechanism of the motion of shelterbelt transpiration in China’s semi-arid region.

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  • 31 May 2020

    In the original publication of the article the author Prof. Yi Luo was not included as co-corresponding author and the corresponding affiliation was missed. This has been corrected with this Correction.

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This study was financially supported by China’s Post-doctoral Science Foundation (2017M612161), Jiangxi postdoctoral research project (2017KY05), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41390461).

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  1. School of Tourism and Urban Management, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, People’s Republic of China

    Shuai Fu

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

    Yi Luo & Lin Sun

  3. College of Modern Economics and Management, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 332020, People’s Republic of China

    Yuan Xiao

  4. Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, School of Resources Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People’s Republic of China

    Daishe Wu

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Fu, S., Xiao, Y., Luo, Y. et al. Effect of stomatal control on Populus simonii Carr stand transpiration in farmland shelterbelt, China’s semi-arid region. Agroforest Syst 94, 719–731 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-019-00440-1

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