2017
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12881
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Contribution of lianas to community‐level canopy transpiration in a warm‐temperate forest

Abstract: Summary Lianas (woody climbers) have a greater amount of leaves relative to basal area or standing biomass than trees, and very wide vessels that permit efficient water transport. These features suggest that lianas possibly consume proportionally more water through transpiration than trees. Despite their potential importance, researchers have made only limited attempts to evaluate effects of lianas on forest water dynamics. We conducted sap flow measurements for 1 year using a thermal dissipation method for … Show more

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“…This would allow microclimate ecology to be integrated into classical landscape ecology and metacommunity dynamics (Hesselbarth et al, 2019;Senior et al, 2019), and also guide efforts to restore and increase connectivity in fragmented landscapes (e.g., through the rehabilitation of riparian buffer zones; Luke et al, 2019). It also provides an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of different forest and plantation management practices that aim to restore microclimate regimes by altering canopy structure and ecophysiology, such as natural regeneration, enrichment planting, and climber cutting (Rodríguez-Ronderos et al, 2016;Ichihashi et al, 2017;Guzmán et al, 2018). Moreover, this would also provide an opportunity to understand how different management interventions alter specific facets of microclimate (e.g., impact of liana cutting on transpiration) and whether these can be tailored to restore specific microclimatic conditions.…”
Section: Guiding Conservation and Restoration Efforts In Human-modifimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This would allow microclimate ecology to be integrated into classical landscape ecology and metacommunity dynamics (Hesselbarth et al, 2019;Senior et al, 2019), and also guide efforts to restore and increase connectivity in fragmented landscapes (e.g., through the rehabilitation of riparian buffer zones; Luke et al, 2019). It also provides an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of different forest and plantation management practices that aim to restore microclimate regimes by altering canopy structure and ecophysiology, such as natural regeneration, enrichment planting, and climber cutting (Rodríguez-Ronderos et al, 2016;Ichihashi et al, 2017;Guzmán et al, 2018). Moreover, this would also provide an opportunity to understand how different management interventions alter specific facets of microclimate (e.g., impact of liana cutting on transpiration) and whether these can be tailored to restore specific microclimatic conditions.…”
Section: Guiding Conservation and Restoration Efforts In Human-modifimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lianas apparently show strong selection for conductive efficiency and exhibit higher specific conductivities and higher sap flux compared with angiosperm and gymnosperm trees (Ewers, 1985; Chen et al , 2017; Ichihashi et al , 2017). Comparisons of western poison oak plants growing as vines or as shrubs (Gartner, 1991), and of Bauhinia species with different growth forms (Ewers and Fisher, 1991), indicate that individuals with narrow vine stems are able to achieve the same leaf specific conductivity as individuals growing as shrubs with wider stems.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Woody climbers are a widespread growth form in tropical rainforests, but also influence the dynamics and function of temperate forests by affecting species composition, tree regeneration, and water dynamics (Schnitzer and Bongers, 2002; Castagneri et al , 2013; Ichihashi et al , 2017). One of the most widespread lianas in temperate European forests is common ivy ( Hedera helix L., Araliaceae).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We hypothesized that leaves of trees with lianas would experience higher values of T d than leaves of trees without lianas. This is based on the negative effects of lianas on trees associated with the ability of lianas to reduce the water availability around their host trees [25]; a process that could affect the heat dissipation by transpiration of leaves of host trees [26]. Likewise, we expect that leaves of lianas would show lower T d in comparison with host tree leaves; due to their ability to grow in drought environments [16] and their greater competitive advantage on the acquisition, regulation, and efficient use of water in comparison with trees [24,[27][28][29].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%