GIMENO, Teresa; STANGL, Zsofia; BARBETA, Adrià; SAAVEDRA, Noelia; WINGATE, Lisa; DEVERT, Nicolas; MARSHALL, John

doi:10.1111/pce.14415

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GIMENO, Teresa
Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries = Centre de Recerca Ecologica i Aplicacions Forestals [CREAF]

STANGL, Zsofia
Department of Forest Ecology and Management

BARBETA, Adrià
Universitat de Barcelona [UB]

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Plant, Cell and Environment. 2022

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Alternative water uptake pathways through leaves and bark complement water supply with interception, fog or dew. Bark water-uptake contributes to embolism-repair, as demonstrated in cut branches. We tested whether bark water-uptake could also contribute to supplement xylem-water for transpiration. We applied bandages injected with H-2-enriched water on intact upper-canopy branches of Pinus sylvestris and Fagus sylvatica in a boreal and in a temperate forest, in summer and winter, and monitored transpiration and online isotopic composition (delta H-2 and delta O-18) of water vapour, before sampling for analyses of delta H-2 and delta O-18 in tissue waters. Xylem, bark and leaf waters from segments downstream from the bandages were H-2-enriched whereas delta O-18 was similar to controls. Transpiration was positively correlated with H-2-enrichment. Isotopic compositions of transpiration and xylem water allowed us to calculate isotopic exchange through the bark via vapour exchange, which was negligible in comparison to estimated bark water-uptake, suggesting that water-uptake occurred via liquid phase. Results were consistent across species, forests and seasons, indicating that bark water-uptake may be more ubiquitous than previously considered. We suggest that water taken up through the bark could be incorporated into the transpiration stream, which could imply that sap-flow measurements underestimate transpiration when bark is wet.< Réduire

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bark

deuterium

drought

European beech

frost

hydrogen

oxygen

Scots pine

water stable isotopes

xylem

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Water taken up through the bark is detected in the transpiration stream in intact upper‐canopy branches

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