THE INFLUENCE OF SHADE AND CLOUDS ON SOIL-WATER POTENTIAL - THE BUFFERED BEHAVIOR OF HYDRAULIC LIFT

被引:51
作者
WILLIAMS, K [1 ]
CALDWELL, MM [1 ]
RICHARDS, JH [1 ]
机构
[1] UTAH STATE UNIV,DEPT RANGE SCI,LOGAN,UT 84322
关键词
ARTEMISIA; BUNCHGRASS; HYDRAULIC LIFT; ROOT WATER EFFLUX; SHADE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE; WEATHER;
D O I
10.1007/BF02390230
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
In the sagebrush/bunchgrass steppe of the North American Great Basin soil water potential has been shown to exhibit diel fluctuations with water potential increasing during the night as a result of water loss from roots in relatively dry soil layers. We hypothesized that environmental conditions promoting low transpiration rates (shading, cloudiness) would cause a net increase in soil water potential as a result of reduced soil water depletion during the day and continuing water efflux from roots during the night. We examined the response of soil water potential to artificial shading in sagebrush/bunchgrass plantings and used a simple model to predict how soil water potential should respond to reduced transpiration. Field measurements of soil water potential indicated that shading reduced daytime soil water depletion, but that the magnitude of the soil water potential increase during the night was related to the magnitude of the soil water potential decline during the preceding day. As a result, shading had little net effect on soil water potential. This behavior was consistent with model results and appears to result from the fact that soil water depletion during the day is largely responsible for creating the water potential gradients that drive nocturnal recharge of the shallow soil layers. The overall effect of such behavior is to buffer the seasonal course of soil water depletion in the rooting zone against day-to-day fluctuations in evapotranspiration. Despite the buffered behavior of soil water potential change, reduced evapotranspiration during light summer rains, and resulting soil water redistribution in the rooting zone, may enhance plant water status to a greater extent than would be expected on the basis of the rainfall received.
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