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Contrasting warming responses of photosynthesis in early- and late-successional tropical trees
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- Mujawamariya, Myriam (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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- Wittemann, Maria (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Dusenge, M. E. (author)
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- Aloysie, Manishimwe (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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- Ntirugulirwa, Bonaventure (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Zibera, E. (author)
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Nsabimana, D. (author)
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- Wallin, Göran, 1955 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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- Uddling, Johan, 1972 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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- 2023-03-27
- 2023
- English.
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In: Tree physiology. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0829-318X .- 1758-4469. ; 43:7, s. 1104-17
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- The productivity and climate feedbacks of tropical forests depend on tree physiological responses to warmer and, over large areas, seasonally drier conditions. However, knowledge regarding such responses is limited due to data scarcity. We studied the impact of growth temperature on net photosynthesis (A(n)), maximum rates of Rubisco carboxylation at 25 degrees C (V-cmax25), stomatal conductance (g(s)) and the slope parameter of the stomatal conductance-photosynthesis model (g(1)), in 10 early successional (ES) and 8 late-successional (LS) tropical tree species grown at three sites along an elevation gradient in Rwanda, differing by 6.8 degrees C in daytime ambient air temperature. The effect of seasonal drought on A(n) was also investigated. We found that warm climate decreased wet-season A(n) in LS species, but not in ES species. Values of V-cmax25 were lower at the warmest site across both successional groups, and A(n) and V-cmax25 were higher in ES compared with LS species. Stomatal conductance exhibited no significant site differences and g(1) was similar across both sites and successional groups. Drought strongly reduced A(n) at warmer sites but not at the coolest montane site and this response was similar in both ES and LS species. Our results suggest that warming has negative effects on leaf-level photosynthesis in LS species, while both LS and ES species suffer photosynthesis declines in a warmer climate with more pronounced droughts. The contrasting responses of A(n) between successional groups may lead to shifts in species' competitive balance in a warmer world, to the disadvantage of LS trees.
Subject headings
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- drought
- elevation gradient
- physiological responses
- tropical trees
- warming
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Tree physiology
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