Increased autumn productivity permits temperate trees to compensate for spring frost damage
© 2018 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2018 New Phytologist Trust.
| Veröffentlicht in: | The New phytologist. - 1979. - 221(2019), 2 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 789-795 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2019
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The New phytologist |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article bud set climate warming forest trees frost damage leaf senescence phenology plant productivity spring frost |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2018 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2018 New Phytologist Trust. Climate warming is leading to earlier budburst and therefore an increased risk of spring frost injury to young leaves. But to what extent are second-cohort leaves, which trees put out after leaf-killing frosts, able to compensate incurred losses? To investigate whether second-cohort leaves behave differently from first-cohort leaves, we exposed saplings of beech (Fagus sylvatica), oak (Quercus robur), and honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum) to experimental treatments mimicking either a warm spring or a warm spring with a leaf-killing frost. Refoliation took 48, 43, and 36 d for beech, oak and honeysuckle, respectively. In beech and oak, autumn Chl content and photosynthesis rates were higher in second- than in first-cohort leaves, senescence in second-cohort leaves occurred c. 2-wk-later, and autumn bud growth in beech was elevated 66% in frost-damaged plants compared with the warm spring treatment. No differences in autumn phenology and growth were observed for honeysuckle. Overall, in beech and oak, delayed Chl breakdown in second-cohort leaves mitigated 31% and 25%, respectively, of the deficit in growing-season length incurred by spring frost damage. These results reveal an unexpected ability of second-cohort leaves of beech and oak to compensate for spring frost damage, and demonstrate that long-lived trees vary their autumnal phenology depending on preceding productivity |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 14.01.2020 Date Revised 30.09.2020 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1469-8137 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/nph.15445 |