Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern China
Wood anatomy and plant hydraulics play a significant role in understanding species-specific responses and their ability to manage rapid environmental changes. This study used the dendro-anatomical approach to assess the anatomical characteristics and their relation to local climate variability in th...
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| author | Taimoor Hassan Farooq Sumaira Yasmeen Awais Shakoor Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid Sarir Ahmad Sarir Ahmad Majeeda Rasheed He Li Qian Li Qian Li |
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| description | Wood anatomy and plant hydraulics play a significant role in understanding species-specific responses and their ability to manage rapid environmental changes. This study used the dendro-anatomical approach to assess the anatomical characteristics and their relation to local climate variability in the boreal coniferous tree species Larix gmelinii (Dahurian larch) and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica (Scots pine) at an altitude range of 660 m to 842 m. We measured the xylem anatomical traits (lumen area (LA), cell wall thickness (CWt), cell counts per ring (CN), ring width (RW), and cell sizes in rings) of both species at four different sites Mangui (MG), Wuerqihan (WEQH), Moredagha (MEDG) and Alihe (ALH) and investigated their relationship with temperature and precipitation of those sites along a latitude gradient. Results showed that all chronologies have strong summer temperature correlations. LA extremes were mostly associated with climatic variation than CWt and RWt. MEDG site species showed an inverse correlation in different growing seasons. The correlation coefficient with temperature indicated significant variations in the May-September months at MG, WEQH, and ALH sites. These results suggest that climatic seasonality changes in the selected sites positively affect hydraulic efficiency (increase in the diameter of the earlywood cells) and the width of the latewood produced in P. sylvestris. In contrast, L. gmelinii showed the opposite response to warm temperatures. It is concluded that xylem anatomical responses of L. gmelinii and P. sylvestris showed varied responses to different climatic factors at different sites. These differences between the two species responses to climate are due to the change of site condition on a large spatial and temporal scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8928a9a715ce48d186b49d2a029d2cab2023-01-30T08:25:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2023-01-011410.3389/fpls.2023.10958881095888Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern ChinaTaimoor Hassan Farooq0Sumaira Yasmeen1Awais Shakoor2Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz3Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid4Sarir Ahmad5Sarir Ahmad6Majeeda Rasheed7He Li8Qian Li9Qian Li10Bangor College China, a Joint Unit of Bangor University and Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaCenter for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, ChinaTeagasc, Environment, Soils and Land Use Department, Johnstown Castle, Co, Wexford, IrelandDepartment of Forestry and Range Management, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Forestry and Range Management, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PakistanCenter for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, ChinaDepartment of Forestry, University of Agriculture, Dera Ismail Khan, PakistanDepartment of Life Sciences, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, PakistanCollege of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaBangor College China, a Joint Unit of Bangor University and Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaWood anatomy and plant hydraulics play a significant role in understanding species-specific responses and their ability to manage rapid environmental changes. This study used the dendro-anatomical approach to assess the anatomical characteristics and their relation to local climate variability in the boreal coniferous tree species Larix gmelinii (Dahurian larch) and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica (Scots pine) at an altitude range of 660 m to 842 m. We measured the xylem anatomical traits (lumen area (LA), cell wall thickness (CWt), cell counts per ring (CN), ring width (RW), and cell sizes in rings) of both species at four different sites Mangui (MG), Wuerqihan (WEQH), Moredagha (MEDG) and Alihe (ALH) and investigated their relationship with temperature and precipitation of those sites along a latitude gradient. Results showed that all chronologies have strong summer temperature correlations. LA extremes were mostly associated with climatic variation than CWt and RWt. MEDG site species showed an inverse correlation in different growing seasons. The correlation coefficient with temperature indicated significant variations in the May-September months at MG, WEQH, and ALH sites. These results suggest that climatic seasonality changes in the selected sites positively affect hydraulic efficiency (increase in the diameter of the earlywood cells) and the width of the latewood produced in P. sylvestris. In contrast, L. gmelinii showed the opposite response to warm temperatures. It is concluded that xylem anatomical responses of L. gmelinii and P. sylvestris showed varied responses to different climatic factors at different sites. These differences between the two species responses to climate are due to the change of site condition on a large spatial and temporal scale.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1095888/fullcell wall thicknesshydraulic propertieslatitudinal gradientring widthtracheid sizewood anatomical characteristics |
| spellingShingle | Taimoor Hassan Farooq Sumaira Yasmeen Awais Shakoor Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid Sarir Ahmad Sarir Ahmad Majeeda Rasheed He Li Qian Li Qian Li Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern China Frontiers in Plant Science cell wall thickness hydraulic properties latitudinal gradient ring width tracheid size wood anatomical characteristics |
| title | Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern China |
| title_full | Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern China |
| title_fullStr | Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern China |
| title_short | Xylem anatomical responses of Larix Gmelinii and Pinus Sylvestris influenced by the climate of Daxing’an mountains in Northeastern China |
| title_sort | xylem anatomical responses of larix gmelinii and pinus sylvestris influenced by the climate of daxing an mountains in northeastern china |
| topic | cell wall thickness hydraulic properties latitudinal gradient ring width tracheid size wood anatomical characteristics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1095888/full |
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