Carbon isotopic tracing of sugars throughout whole‐trees exposed to climate warming
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AbstractTrees allocate C from sources to sinks by way of a series of processes involving carbohydrate transport and utilization. Yet these dynamics are not well characterized in trees, and it is unclear how these dynamics will respond to a warmer world. Here, we conducted a warming and pulse‐chase experiment on Eucalyptus parramattensis growing in a whole‐tree chamber system to test whether warming impacts carbon allocation by increasing the speed of carbohydrate dynamics. We pulse‐labelled large (6‐m tall) trees with 13C‐CO2 to follow recently fixed C through different organs by using compound‐specific isotope analysis of sugars. We then compared concentrations and mean residence times of individual sugars between ambient and warmed (+3°C) treatments. Trees dynamically allocated 13C‐labelled sugars throughout the aboveground‐belowground continuum. We did not, however, find a significant treatment effect on C dynamics, as sugar concentrations and mean residence times were not altered by warming. From the canopy to the root system, 13C enrichment of sugars decreased, and mean residence times increased, reflecting dilution and mixing of recent photoassimilates with older reserves along the transport pathway. Our results suggest that a locally endemic eucalypt was seemingly able to adjust its physiology to warming representative of future temperature predictions for Australia.
- State University of New York at Potsdam United States
- University of Vienna Austria
- Western Sydney University Australia
- University of Sydney Australia
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry United States
Time Factors, C-13, Climate Change, Phloem, Plant Roots, Trees, ACCLIMATION, TEMPERATURES, XXXXXX - Unknown, SDG 13 - Climate Action, PHLOEM, ALLOCATION DYNAMICS, Eucalyptus parramattensis, 106022 Mikrobiologie, Carbon Isotopes, Eucalyptus, REMOBILIZATION, TRANSPORT, Carbon, Plant Leaves, storage carbohydrates, sugars, RESPIRATION, carbon allocation, SDG 13 – Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz, 106022 Microbiology, CO2, heat, compound-specific isotope analysis, Sugars, STORAGE
Time Factors, C-13, Climate Change, Phloem, Plant Roots, Trees, ACCLIMATION, TEMPERATURES, XXXXXX - Unknown, SDG 13 - Climate Action, PHLOEM, ALLOCATION DYNAMICS, Eucalyptus parramattensis, 106022 Mikrobiologie, Carbon Isotopes, Eucalyptus, REMOBILIZATION, TRANSPORT, Carbon, Plant Leaves, storage carbohydrates, sugars, RESPIRATION, carbon allocation, SDG 13 – Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz, 106022 Microbiology, CO2, heat, compound-specific isotope analysis, Sugars, STORAGE
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