NDLI: Vertical patterns of soil water uptake by plants in a primary forest and an abandoned pasture in the eastern Amazon: an isotopic approach

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Moreira, Marcelo Z. Sternberg, Leonel da S. L. Nepstad, Daniel C.
Copyright Year	2000
Abstract	This study evaluated the water uptake patterns of a primary forest and of the savanna-like vegetation of an abandoned pasture in an eastern Amazon site. We used natural stable isotope abundance in the soil profile, as well as plots irrigated with deuterated water to determine time and depth of soil water uptake by plants in different functional groups. Natural isotopic abundance was not suitable for identification of depth of water uptake by plants, but experiments using labeled water were. We found that the label percolation rate in the soil profile of the forest was lower than that observed in the pasture. Fourteen months after application, the label peak was located at 1.8 m depth in the forest and at 3 m depth in the pasture. Isotopic analysis of sap water from trees and lianas in the forest during the dry season showed that trees acquired labeled water at a deeper level in the soil profile compared to that acquired by lianas. Depth of water uptake by lianas seems to vary on a seasonal basis. In the pasture the ‘colonizer’ shrub (Solanum crinitum Lamb.) took up labeled water only from the surface layer of the soil profile ($_{∼}$20%), whereas the most abundant coexisting grass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) acquired it from the top meter. None of the pasture plants were able to acquire labeled water after one rainy season when the label pulse was deep in the soil (>1 m deep). These results have implications for studies of forest water cycle in which the soil volume used as source of water for plant transpiration is still unknown, and for an understanding of plant succession in the forest regeneration process of abandoned pastures in the eastern Amazon.
Starting Page	95
Ending Page	107
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0032079X
Journal	Plant and Soil
Volume Number	222
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15735036
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2000-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ecology Plant Sciences Plant Physiology Soil Science & Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Soil Science Plant Science

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Vertical patterns of soil water uptake by plants in a primary forest and an abandoned pasture in the eastern Amazon: an isotopic approach

Soil Solution Nitrogen Losses During Clearing of Lowland Amazon Forest for Pasture

Uptake of water by lateral roots of small trees in an Amazonian Tropical Forest

Carbon (13C) uptake and allocation in pasture plants following field pulse-labelling

Water uptake by plant roots: an integration of views

Litter dynamics and fine root production in Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum plantations and regrowth forest in Eastern Amazon

Modeling soil water movement with water uptake by roots

Mechanisms of sodium uptake by roots of higher plants

Mg and Ca root uptake and vertical transfer in soils assessed by an in situ ecosystem-scale multi-isotopic ($^{26}$Mg & $^{44}$Ca) tracing experiment in a beech stand (Breuil-Chenue, France)

Vertical patterns of soil water uptake by plants in a primary forest and an abandoned pasture in the eastern Amazon: an isotopic approach

Similar Documents

Vertical patterns of soil water uptake by plants in a primary forest and an abandoned pasture in the eastern Amazon: an isotopic approach

Soil Solution Nitrogen Losses During Clearing of Lowland Amazon Forest for Pasture

Uptake of water by lateral roots of small trees in an Amazonian Tropical Forest

Carbon (13C) uptake and allocation in pasture plants following field pulse-labelling

Water uptake by plant roots: an integration of views

Litter dynamics and fine root production in Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum plantations and regrowth forest in Eastern Amazon

Modeling soil water movement with water uptake by roots

Mechanisms of sodium uptake by roots of higher plants

Mg and Ca root uptake and vertical transfer in soils assessed by an in situ ecosystem-scale multi-isotopic ($^{26}$Mg & $^{44}$Ca) tracing experiment in a beech stand (Breuil-Chenue, France)

Vertical patterns of soil water uptake by plants in a primary forest and an abandoned pasture in the eastern Amazon: an isotopic approach