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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Climate Change, Increased Wildfire Frequency, and Rodent-Exclusion Create Opportunities for Exotic Grass Invasion and Alter the Timing and Availability of Soil Water

Gilman, Joshua Clark 07 December 2020 (has links)
In deserts, global environmental changes, plant community structure, and soil water availability form a complex relationship characterized by direct and indirect relationships and feedbacks. Plant community structure is affected by the establishment and spread of invasive grasses, which form a positive feedback with wildfire. Plant community structure is also controlled by top-down trophic interactions by small-mammals and climate change, which alters the timing and amount of soil water. In deserts, soil water availability mediates the effects of global environmental changes and trophic interactions on plant community structure because it is the limiting resource for plant growth. In order to predict future changes in plant community structure, it is critical to understand how climate change, increased wildfire frequency and trophic interactions affect the establishment of invasive grasses and soil water after disturbance. Chapter 1. The objective was to understand the interactive effects of projected changes in climate, secondary wildfire, and rodent-exclusion on plant community structure. Mixed models revealed that all three factors interacted to magnify the establishment of the invasive annual grass B. tectorum in our post-fire experimental plots. In addition, structural equation models revealed that B. tectorum density was negatively correlated with the density of invasive annual forbs the following year, suggesting that B. tectorum competitively excludes other plant species. Chapter 2. The first specific aim was to understand the interactive effects of rodent-exclusion and secondary wildfire on the timing and amount of soil water availability. The second specific aim was to understand how invasive annual grass density controls soil water availability throughout the spring. Bayesian models revealed that rodent-exclusion and secondary wildfire affected soil water availability during specific windows of time throughout both experimental years. The most robust trend occurred in May of both experimental years, when rodent-exclusion, secondary fire plots had significantly less soil water availability than rodent-exclusion, single fire plots. Bayesian models also revealed there was little correlation between invasive grass density and soil water availability throughout the growing season.
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Avaliação fisiológica e agronômica de soja geneticamente modificada para maior tolerância à seca / Physiologic and agronomic evaluation of genetically modified soybean to improve drought tolerance

Salinet, Luana Held 11 February 2009 (has links)
A soja é uma das culturas com maior importância sócio-econômica no mundo, visto o complexo agro-industrial que movimenta. A ocorrência de períodos de seca durante a estação de desenvolvimento das lavouras de soja é muito freqüente, provocando reduções drásticas na produtividade. Sendo a seca um fator limitante de produção fora do controle direto do homem, e a necessidade de suprir a demanda mundial crescente de alimentos, fazem com que a estabilidade da produtividade seja a chave para este entrave. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as respostas fisiológicas e agronômicas de dois genótipos de soja, um geneticamente modificado contendo a construção rd29A:DREB1A, visando maior tolerância à seca, e sua isolínea convencional, comparando-as frente a diferentes condições de disponibilidade hídrica no solo. Para tal, plantas de soja foram transformadas com o cassete rd29A:DREB1A, ambos elementos de Arabidopsis thaliana, introduzido por biobalística. O efeito da super expressão do gene AtDREB sobre parâmetros fisiológicos e agronômicos foi avaliado em casa de vegetação em três cultivos. Os experimentos foram instalados em blocos casualizados em arranjo fatorial (2x2), com quatros blocos e três amostras por bloco, e os resultados submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA) e ao teste de Tukey (p 0,05) para comparações múltiplas das médias. Foram utilizadas sementes da cultivar BR16 transformada com a construção rd29A:DREB1A, nomeadas P58, e sementes BR16 não transformadas. As plantas foram submetidas à duas condições de disponibilidade hídrica: 15% de umidade gravimétrica do solo (UG) durante todo o ciclo (controle) e 2,5% de UG (tratamento sob estresse) a partir de R1/R2 (florescimento). Foram avaliadas as taxas fotossintética e transpiratória, condutância estomática e diferença de temperatura entre o ar e a folha com o medidor de trocas gasosas LI-6400 (Li-Cor ®), além da eficiência fotossintética e parâmetros agronômicos. Para condutância estomática, diferença de temperatura, taxas fotossintética e transpiratória, as maiores médias foram verificadas nas plantas sob 15% de UG e, dentro desta umidade, das plantas P58 em relação às BR16 geralmente. No tratamento sob estresse (2,5% de UG), as plantas transgênicas mantiveram valores superiores em praticamente todas as avaliações e, quando não, apresentaram valores que não diferiam estatisticamente das BR16. A eficiência fotossintética foi maior nas plantas P58 apenas nas avaliações finais e para as mesmas UG, e iguais estatisticamente nas demais avaliações. Para as avaliações agronômicas, as plantas BR16 apresentaram as maiores alturas em ambas as umidades, embora o mesmo número de nós que as P58. Para peso da parte aérea, número de sementes e número de legumes com semente e peso de semente, os maiores valores foram das plantas a 15% de UG e, dentro destas, das BR16. Os resultados indicam que a expressão da construção com o gene DREB1A confere maior tolerância à seca das plantas transgênicas, baseado em respostas fisiológicas, embora o desempenho agronômico deva ainda ser comprovado a campo. / Soybean is one of the major socio-economic important crops in the world due to the agro-industrial complex involved. The occurrence of drought during the period of development of soybean fields is very frequent, resulting in drastic yield decrease. As the drought being one limiting factor in the yield without human direct control, and the necessity of supplying the growing world food demand, keeping the stability of the yield seems to be the key for this problem. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physiologic and agronomic response of two soybean genotypes; one genetically modified containing the construction rd29A:DREB1A, aiming drought tolerance, and its conventional isoline, comparing them in different conditions of soil water availability. Soybean plants were transformed with the cassette rd29A:DREB1A, both elements of Arabidopsis thaliana, introduced by biobalistic method. The overexpression effect of AtDREB on physiologic and agronomic parameters was evaluated in greenhouse conditions during three cultivations. The experiment design used was the RBD (Randomized Blocks Design) in factorial scheme (2x2), with four blocks and three samples for block, and the results were submitted to the Analyze of Variance (ANOVA) and to the Tukey test (p 0,05) of multiples means comparisons. Transformed BR16 cultivar seeds were used with the construction rd29A:DREB1A, named P58, and seeds of no-transformed BR16 cultivars. The plants were submitted to two conditions of water availability: 15% of soil gravimetric humidity (GH) during all the experiment time (control) and 2,5% of GH (stress treatment) starting from R1/R2 (flowering stage). Photosynthetic and transpiration rates, stomatal conductance and temperature difference between the air and the leaf were measured with a portable open gas exchange system (LI-6400; Li- Cor ®), besides the photosynthetic efficiency and agronomic parameters, between nine and eleven-thirty in the morning. For stomatal conductance, temperature difference, photosynthetic and transpiration rates, the higher values were verified in the plants under 15% of GH and, within this humidity, these higher values were usually verified in plants P58 in relation to the BR16 plants. In the treatment under stress (2,5% of GH), the transgenic plants maintained higher values in almost all measurements and, when it did not occur, they showed values that did not differ statistically of the BR16 plants. The photosynthetic efficiency was higher in the P58 plants only in the final measures; and for the same GH, and statistically equal in the others measures. For the agronomic evaluations, the BR16 plants showed the highest heights in both humidities, even though they had the same number of nodes as the P58. For the aerial part weight, the number of seeds and the number of legumes with seed and seed weight, the highest values were of the plants under 15% of GH and, within these, of the BR16 plants in general. The results indicate that the expression of the construction with the gene DREB1A leads to a higher drought tolerance of the transgenic plants, based on physiologic response, although they still need tests on the field.
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Avaliação fisiológica e agronômica de soja geneticamente modificada para maior tolerância à seca / Physiologic and agronomic evaluation of genetically modified soybean to improve drought tolerance

Luana Held Salinet 11 February 2009 (has links)
A soja é uma das culturas com maior importância sócio-econômica no mundo, visto o complexo agro-industrial que movimenta. A ocorrência de períodos de seca durante a estação de desenvolvimento das lavouras de soja é muito freqüente, provocando reduções drásticas na produtividade. Sendo a seca um fator limitante de produção fora do controle direto do homem, e a necessidade de suprir a demanda mundial crescente de alimentos, fazem com que a estabilidade da produtividade seja a chave para este entrave. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as respostas fisiológicas e agronômicas de dois genótipos de soja, um geneticamente modificado contendo a construção rd29A:DREB1A, visando maior tolerância à seca, e sua isolínea convencional, comparando-as frente a diferentes condições de disponibilidade hídrica no solo. Para tal, plantas de soja foram transformadas com o cassete rd29A:DREB1A, ambos elementos de Arabidopsis thaliana, introduzido por biobalística. O efeito da super expressão do gene AtDREB sobre parâmetros fisiológicos e agronômicos foi avaliado em casa de vegetação em três cultivos. Os experimentos foram instalados em blocos casualizados em arranjo fatorial (2x2), com quatros blocos e três amostras por bloco, e os resultados submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA) e ao teste de Tukey (p 0,05) para comparações múltiplas das médias. Foram utilizadas sementes da cultivar BR16 transformada com a construção rd29A:DREB1A, nomeadas P58, e sementes BR16 não transformadas. As plantas foram submetidas à duas condições de disponibilidade hídrica: 15% de umidade gravimétrica do solo (UG) durante todo o ciclo (controle) e 2,5% de UG (tratamento sob estresse) a partir de R1/R2 (florescimento). Foram avaliadas as taxas fotossintética e transpiratória, condutância estomática e diferença de temperatura entre o ar e a folha com o medidor de trocas gasosas LI-6400 (Li-Cor ®), além da eficiência fotossintética e parâmetros agronômicos. Para condutância estomática, diferença de temperatura, taxas fotossintética e transpiratória, as maiores médias foram verificadas nas plantas sob 15% de UG e, dentro desta umidade, das plantas P58 em relação às BR16 geralmente. No tratamento sob estresse (2,5% de UG), as plantas transgênicas mantiveram valores superiores em praticamente todas as avaliações e, quando não, apresentaram valores que não diferiam estatisticamente das BR16. A eficiência fotossintética foi maior nas plantas P58 apenas nas avaliações finais e para as mesmas UG, e iguais estatisticamente nas demais avaliações. Para as avaliações agronômicas, as plantas BR16 apresentaram as maiores alturas em ambas as umidades, embora o mesmo número de nós que as P58. Para peso da parte aérea, número de sementes e número de legumes com semente e peso de semente, os maiores valores foram das plantas a 15% de UG e, dentro destas, das BR16. Os resultados indicam que a expressão da construção com o gene DREB1A confere maior tolerância à seca das plantas transgênicas, baseado em respostas fisiológicas, embora o desempenho agronômico deva ainda ser comprovado a campo. / Soybean is one of the major socio-economic important crops in the world due to the agro-industrial complex involved. The occurrence of drought during the period of development of soybean fields is very frequent, resulting in drastic yield decrease. As the drought being one limiting factor in the yield without human direct control, and the necessity of supplying the growing world food demand, keeping the stability of the yield seems to be the key for this problem. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physiologic and agronomic response of two soybean genotypes; one genetically modified containing the construction rd29A:DREB1A, aiming drought tolerance, and its conventional isoline, comparing them in different conditions of soil water availability. Soybean plants were transformed with the cassette rd29A:DREB1A, both elements of Arabidopsis thaliana, introduced by biobalistic method. The overexpression effect of AtDREB on physiologic and agronomic parameters was evaluated in greenhouse conditions during three cultivations. The experiment design used was the RBD (Randomized Blocks Design) in factorial scheme (2x2), with four blocks and three samples for block, and the results were submitted to the Analyze of Variance (ANOVA) and to the Tukey test (p 0,05) of multiples means comparisons. Transformed BR16 cultivar seeds were used with the construction rd29A:DREB1A, named P58, and seeds of no-transformed BR16 cultivars. The plants were submitted to two conditions of water availability: 15% of soil gravimetric humidity (GH) during all the experiment time (control) and 2,5% of GH (stress treatment) starting from R1/R2 (flowering stage). Photosynthetic and transpiration rates, stomatal conductance and temperature difference between the air and the leaf were measured with a portable open gas exchange system (LI-6400; Li- Cor ®), besides the photosynthetic efficiency and agronomic parameters, between nine and eleven-thirty in the morning. For stomatal conductance, temperature difference, photosynthetic and transpiration rates, the higher values were verified in the plants under 15% of GH and, within this humidity, these higher values were usually verified in plants P58 in relation to the BR16 plants. In the treatment under stress (2,5% of GH), the transgenic plants maintained higher values in almost all measurements and, when it did not occur, they showed values that did not differ statistically of the BR16 plants. The photosynthetic efficiency was higher in the P58 plants only in the final measures; and for the same GH, and statistically equal in the others measures. For the agronomic evaluations, the BR16 plants showed the highest heights in both humidities, even though they had the same number of nodes as the P58. For the aerial part weight, the number of seeds and the number of legumes with seed and seed weight, the highest values were of the plants under 15% of GH and, within these, of the BR16 plants in general. The results indicate that the expression of the construction with the gene DREB1A leads to a higher drought tolerance of the transgenic plants, based on physiologic response, although they still need tests on the field.
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Mecanismos de transferência de água entre solo, planta e atmosfera e sua relação com o estresse hídrico vegetal / Soil-plant-atmosphere water transfer mechanisms and their relation to crop water stress

Durigon, Angelica 09 September 2011 (has links)
Parametrizações mecanísticas descrevem fisicamente a interação das plantas com o ambiente baseando-se em processos fundamentais, como assimilação de líquida de CO2 e extração da água do solo pelas raízes, influenciados pelas condições do ambiente. O objetivo principal dessas rotinas é aumentar o entendimento do sistema estudado pela integração quantitativa e qualitativa do conhecimento em um modelo de simulação dinâmica do sistema real. Definindo estresse hídrico como a condição em que uma planta aumenta a resistência estomática em conseqüência do aumento da demanda atmosférica e/ou da redução da disponibilidade hídrica no solo, tem-se como hipótese que o déficit hídrico em plantas é causado por fatores ambientais relacionados com as interfaces solo-raiz e folha-atmosfera. O objetivo geral desse estudo é identificar quais são as variáveis do solo e da atmosfera determinantes e que devem ser consideradas na modelagem da deficiência hídrica em plantas. Os teores de água no solo e na atmosfera foram monitorados em condições de campo durante o desenvolvimento da cultura de feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) entre Junho e Setembro de 2010, e correlacionados ao estresse hídrico caracterizado por medições de temperatura do dossel. As variáveis de interesse, especificamente o potencial matricial da água do solo, a temperatura e a umidade do ar e a temperatura do dossel foram medidas regularmente em intervalos de 30 minutos. A taxa de transpiração e a condutância estomática foram medidas ocasionalmente. Uma parcela foi irrigada durante todo o ciclo da cultura (tratamento totalmente irrigada), enquanto a outra foi submetida ao estresse hídrico na fase reprodutiva (tratamento com déficit de irrigação). A metodologia utilizada neste estudo deu suporte à hipótese inicial. Os principais fatores relacionados à interface solo-raiz são as propriedades hidráulicas do solo, especialmente a condutividade hidráulica e da densidade de comprimento radicular; na interface atmosfera de folhas, os fatores mais importantes são o déficit de pressão de vapor do ar atmosférico VPD. Estes fatores devem ser considerados de alguma forma na modelagem estresse hídrico em plantas. A detecção da ocorrência de estresse hídrico nas plantas no tratamento com déficit de irrigação foi feito por comparações entre o VPD e diferença de temperatura entre o dossel e o ar tdossel-ar e entre tdossel e a temperatura do bulbo úmido twb dos dois tratamentos hídricos. O início do estresse hídrico nas plantas com déficit de irrigação ocorreu em 05 de Agosto. As simulações com os modelos mecanísticos de extração da água do solo pelas raízes proposto por Jong van Lier et al. (2008) e de assimilação de CO2 proposto por Jacobs (1994) foram feitos com os dados de ambos os tratamentos. O modelo de extração foi sensível aos parâmetros hidráulicos do solo, especialmente a condutividade hidráulica e o comprimento radicular. A taxa de transpiração estimada pelo modelo de Jacobs (1994) mostrou-se dependente da temperatura do dossel utilizada para calcular o déficit de umidade específica folha-ar Ds e a condutância do mesofilo, do próprio Ds (dependente também da temperatura do ar), e do índice de área foliar. / Mechanistic parameterizations describe physically the interactions between crop and environment based on primary processes such as CO2 net assimilation and root water uptake from soil and how they are influenced by environmental conditions. An important purpose of developing mechanistic routines is to improve the understanding of a system by qualitative and quantitative integration of knowledge in a dynamic simulation model of a real system. Defining water stress as the condition in which stomatal resistance of plant leaves increases as a consequence of enhanced atmospheric demand and/or reduced soil water availability, the investigated hypothesis was that plant water stress is caused by environmental factors related to both the soilroot and leave-atmosphere interfaces. The main objective of the research was to identify which atmosphere and soil parameters are determinant and must be considered in crop water stress modeling. Soil and atmosphere water content were monitored under field conditions during the growing season of a Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop between June and September, 2010, and correlated to plant water stress characterized by measurements of canopy temperature. The variables of interest, specifically the soil water pressure head, air temperature and humidity and canopy temperature were measured regularly at short intervals. Transpiration rate and stomatal conductance were measured occasionally. One plot was irrigated during the whole crop cycle (fully irrigated treatment), while the other one was subject to water stress in the reproductive phase (deficit irrigated treatment). The methodology used in this study supported the initial hypothesis. The main soil-root interface related factors that determine water stress are the soil hydraulic properties, especially the hydraulic conductivity, and the root length density; at the leaf atmosphere interface, the most important factor is the vapor pressure deficit of atmospheric air VPD. These factors must be somehow considered in crop water stress modeling. The detection of water stress occurrence in the deficit irrigated plants was made by comparisons between VPD and temperature difference between canopy and air tcanopy-air and between tcanopy and wet bulb temperature twb of the two irrigation treatments. The onset of water stress in deficit irrigated plants occurred on August 5. The simulations with the mechanistic models of soil water root uptake proposed by Jong van Lier et al. (2008) and of CO2 assimilation by Jacobs (1994) were made with data from the two treatments. The soil water uptake model was sensitive to soil hydraulic parameters, especially hydraulic conductivity and root length density. The transpiration rate estimated by the Jacobs (1994) model showed to be dependent on the canopy temperature used to calculate the specific humidity deficit between leaves and air Ds and the mesophyll conductance, on Ds (on its turn also dependent on air temperature), and on the leaf area index
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Mecanismos de transferência de água entre solo, planta e atmosfera e sua relação com o estresse hídrico vegetal / Soil-plant-atmosphere water transfer mechanisms and their relation to crop water stress

Angelica Durigon 09 September 2011 (has links)
Parametrizações mecanísticas descrevem fisicamente a interação das plantas com o ambiente baseando-se em processos fundamentais, como assimilação de líquida de CO2 e extração da água do solo pelas raízes, influenciados pelas condições do ambiente. O objetivo principal dessas rotinas é aumentar o entendimento do sistema estudado pela integração quantitativa e qualitativa do conhecimento em um modelo de simulação dinâmica do sistema real. Definindo estresse hídrico como a condição em que uma planta aumenta a resistência estomática em conseqüência do aumento da demanda atmosférica e/ou da redução da disponibilidade hídrica no solo, tem-se como hipótese que o déficit hídrico em plantas é causado por fatores ambientais relacionados com as interfaces solo-raiz e folha-atmosfera. O objetivo geral desse estudo é identificar quais são as variáveis do solo e da atmosfera determinantes e que devem ser consideradas na modelagem da deficiência hídrica em plantas. Os teores de água no solo e na atmosfera foram monitorados em condições de campo durante o desenvolvimento da cultura de feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) entre Junho e Setembro de 2010, e correlacionados ao estresse hídrico caracterizado por medições de temperatura do dossel. As variáveis de interesse, especificamente o potencial matricial da água do solo, a temperatura e a umidade do ar e a temperatura do dossel foram medidas regularmente em intervalos de 30 minutos. A taxa de transpiração e a condutância estomática foram medidas ocasionalmente. Uma parcela foi irrigada durante todo o ciclo da cultura (tratamento totalmente irrigada), enquanto a outra foi submetida ao estresse hídrico na fase reprodutiva (tratamento com déficit de irrigação). A metodologia utilizada neste estudo deu suporte à hipótese inicial. Os principais fatores relacionados à interface solo-raiz são as propriedades hidráulicas do solo, especialmente a condutividade hidráulica e da densidade de comprimento radicular; na interface atmosfera de folhas, os fatores mais importantes são o déficit de pressão de vapor do ar atmosférico VPD. Estes fatores devem ser considerados de alguma forma na modelagem estresse hídrico em plantas. A detecção da ocorrência de estresse hídrico nas plantas no tratamento com déficit de irrigação foi feito por comparações entre o VPD e diferença de temperatura entre o dossel e o ar tdossel-ar e entre tdossel e a temperatura do bulbo úmido twb dos dois tratamentos hídricos. O início do estresse hídrico nas plantas com déficit de irrigação ocorreu em 05 de Agosto. As simulações com os modelos mecanísticos de extração da água do solo pelas raízes proposto por Jong van Lier et al. (2008) e de assimilação de CO2 proposto por Jacobs (1994) foram feitos com os dados de ambos os tratamentos. O modelo de extração foi sensível aos parâmetros hidráulicos do solo, especialmente a condutividade hidráulica e o comprimento radicular. A taxa de transpiração estimada pelo modelo de Jacobs (1994) mostrou-se dependente da temperatura do dossel utilizada para calcular o déficit de umidade específica folha-ar Ds e a condutância do mesofilo, do próprio Ds (dependente também da temperatura do ar), e do índice de área foliar. / Mechanistic parameterizations describe physically the interactions between crop and environment based on primary processes such as CO2 net assimilation and root water uptake from soil and how they are influenced by environmental conditions. An important purpose of developing mechanistic routines is to improve the understanding of a system by qualitative and quantitative integration of knowledge in a dynamic simulation model of a real system. Defining water stress as the condition in which stomatal resistance of plant leaves increases as a consequence of enhanced atmospheric demand and/or reduced soil water availability, the investigated hypothesis was that plant water stress is caused by environmental factors related to both the soilroot and leave-atmosphere interfaces. The main objective of the research was to identify which atmosphere and soil parameters are determinant and must be considered in crop water stress modeling. Soil and atmosphere water content were monitored under field conditions during the growing season of a Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop between June and September, 2010, and correlated to plant water stress characterized by measurements of canopy temperature. The variables of interest, specifically the soil water pressure head, air temperature and humidity and canopy temperature were measured regularly at short intervals. Transpiration rate and stomatal conductance were measured occasionally. One plot was irrigated during the whole crop cycle (fully irrigated treatment), while the other one was subject to water stress in the reproductive phase (deficit irrigated treatment). The methodology used in this study supported the initial hypothesis. The main soil-root interface related factors that determine water stress are the soil hydraulic properties, especially the hydraulic conductivity, and the root length density; at the leaf atmosphere interface, the most important factor is the vapor pressure deficit of atmospheric air VPD. These factors must be somehow considered in crop water stress modeling. The detection of water stress occurrence in the deficit irrigated plants was made by comparisons between VPD and temperature difference between canopy and air tcanopy-air and between tcanopy and wet bulb temperature twb of the two irrigation treatments. The onset of water stress in deficit irrigated plants occurred on August 5. The simulations with the mechanistic models of soil water root uptake proposed by Jong van Lier et al. (2008) and of CO2 assimilation by Jacobs (1994) were made with data from the two treatments. The soil water uptake model was sensitive to soil hydraulic parameters, especially hydraulic conductivity and root length density. The transpiration rate estimated by the Jacobs (1994) model showed to be dependent on the canopy temperature used to calculate the specific humidity deficit between leaves and air Ds and the mesophyll conductance, on Ds (on its turn also dependent on air temperature), and on the leaf area index
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La réponse des forêts tropicales humides aux variations climatiques : évolution de la structure et de la dynamique des peuplements forestiers guyanais / The response of tropical forests to climate variations : evolution of the structure and dynamic of the guianian forest populations.

Wagner, Fabien 14 December 2011 (has links)
L'importance des forêts tropicales dans le cycle du carbone à l'échelle planétaire est majeure, tant en terme de stock qu’en terme de flux de CO2. Plusieurs études mettent en évidence des changements au sein des forêts tropicales au cours des 20 dernières années, notamment des changements de la dynamique forestière et une augmentation de la biomasse aérienne. Les déterminants de ces variations sont aujourd’hui discutés et nous proposons ici d’apporter une contribution à ce débat. Les données utilisées dans ce travail proviennent du dispositif de suivi forestier à long terme de Paracou, Guyane Française, mis en place en 1984 et qui recouvre plus de 120 ha de forêt tropicale humide. Les données météorologiques proviennent de la tour à flux du dispositif, Guyaflux. Les mesures de diamètre proviennent de la base Guyafor pour les données annuelles et bisannuelles, et des mesures de 260 arbres à proximité de la tour à flux pour les mesures diamétriques intra-annuelles.Cette thèse se divise en deux grandes parties. La première concerne l’analyse de la biomasse du dispositif de suivi forestier de Paracou en Guyane et l’implication des changements de structure de cette forêt sur le bilan de carbone. Cette partie est constituée de deux points. (i) Quelles échelles temporelles et spatiales sont pertinentes pour analyser les composantes de structure (biomasse, aire basale et nombre de tiges) et de dynamique (croissance, recrutement et mortalité) des forêts tropicales afin de minimiser les effets d’échantillonnage ? Nous avons établi une méthodologie permettant de relier les intervalles de temps et la surface de mesure aux coefficients de variation de chacune des variables de structure et de dynamique de la forêt. (ii) Quels processus démographiques sont prépondérants dans l’explication des variations de biomasse et comment se redistribue la biomasse accumulée dans le système ? L’augmentation de la biomasse observée sur le dispositif de Paracou serait liée à la rareté des évènements de mortalité des gros arbres qui portent une part très importante de la biomasse.La deuxième partie de la thèse concerne l’analyse de l’effet du climat à moyen terme, inter et intra-annuel, et les effets directs du climat dans les changements de dynamique de la forêt. Cette partie se divise en 3 points. (i) Comment quantifier le stress hydrique en forêt tropicale humide ? Nous avons réalisé un modèle journalier de réserve en eau du sol pour les arbres en forêt tropicale. (ii) Quelles variables sont explicatives de la croissance des arbres en forêt guyanaise ? Nous avons montré que l’eau dans le sol est le facteur le plus explicatif du déterminisme climatique parmi un panel de variables climatiques. (iii) Quels traits fonctionnels sont prédicteurs de la réponse des arbres aux variations climatique ? Nous avons déterminé que des traits spécifiques, densité du bois et la hauteur maximale, ainsi que le diamètre de l'arbre au moment de la mesure, modulent la croissance des arbres en réponse au climat. / At a global scale tropical forest play a major role in term of carbon stock as well as in term of CO2 fluxes. Several studies have highlighted changes in tropical forest functioning during the last 20 years including a faster turnover and an increase of above ground biomass. The drivers of these changes are discussed and throughout this thesis we propose to contribute to this debate. We use the data from the Paracou experimental site in French Guiana established in 1984 on 120 hectares of moist tropical forest. Meteorological data come from the flux tower of the site, Guyaflux. We use annual and bisannual diameter measurements from the Guyafor database, and intra-annual diameter increments from the measurements of 260 trees near the flux tower.This thesis has two main parts. In the first part we present the biomass analysis of the Paracou permanent plots and the impact of structural changes in this forest on the carbon budget. The first part is constituted by two points. (i) Which temporal and spatial scale used to analyze the structure (biomass, basal area and stem density) and dynamics (tree growth, recruitment and mortality)components of tropical forest in order to minimized sample bias ? We establish a simple method to rely measurement interval between census and surface of measurement to the coefficient of variation of forests structure and dynamic components (ii) Which demographic process are involved in the explanation of biomass variation and how the biomass is distributed in the system ? The observed increase of biomass at Paracou could be link to the rarity of big trees mortality events. These big trees represent the larger part of the biomass. In the second part, we present the analysis of intra and inter-annual climate variation effects on forest dynamic changes. This part is divided in two points. (i) How to model drought stress in moist tropical forest ? We built a daily water balance model for tropical trees. (ii) Which climate variables explain the tree growth in guianian forests? We shown that soil water availability is the determinant factor of tree growth among a panel of climate variables. (iii) Which functional traits are involved in the tropical tree growth responses to climate? In this analysis, we determined that wood specific gravity, maximum tree height and tree diameter modulate the tree growth response to climate variations.

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