Biospheric-atmospheric gas exchange; Carbon; European beech; Foliar monoterpenoids; Net photosynthesis; Temperature variation
Abstract :
[en] Although biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) only represent a very limited fraction of the plant's carbon (C) budget, they play an important role in atmospheric chemistry for example as a precursor of tropospheric ozone. We performed a study comparing BVOC emissions of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in controlled and natural environmental conditions. A young and adult beech tree was exposed to short-term temperature variations in growth room conditions and in an experimental forest, respectively. This study attempts to clarify how short-term temperature variations between days influenced the ratio between monoterpenoid (MT) emissions and net photosynthesis (Pn). Within a temperature range of 17-27 °C and 13-23 °C, the MT/Pn carbon ratio increased 10-30 fold for the growth room and forest, respectively. An exponential increasing trend between MT/Pn C ratio and air temperature was observed in both conditions. Beech trees re-emitted a low fraction of the assimilated C back into the atmosphere as MT: 0.01-0.12% and 0.01-0.30% with a temperature rise from 17 to 27 °C and 13-23 °C in growth room and forest conditions, respectively. However, the data showed that the MT/Pn C ratio of young and adult beech trees responded significantly to changes in temperature.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Šimpraga; Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium > Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology > Laboratory of Plant Ecology
Verbeeck, H.; Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium > Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology > Laboratory of Plant Ecology
Demarcke, M.; Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Joó, É.; Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium > Research Group Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology
Amelynck, C.; Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Schoon, N.; Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Dewulf, J.; Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium > Research Group Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology
van Langenhove, H.; Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium > Research Group Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology
Heinesch, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences et technologie de l'environnement > Physique des bio-systèmes
Aubinet, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences et technologie de l'environnement > Physique des bio-systèmes
Müller, J.-F.; Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Steppe, K.; Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium > Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology > Laboratory of Plant Ecology
Language :
English
Title :
Comparing monoterpenoid emissions and net photosynthesis of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in controlled and natural conditions
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