2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Temporal changes in transpiration in seasonal tropical evergreen forest focusing on heterogeneous leaf expanding phenology
| Project/Area Number |
20770021
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute |
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Principal Investigator |
ITO Eriko Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 北海道支所, 主任研究員 (20353584)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 生態系 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to clarify influence of leaf phenology on water cycle in seasonal tropical evergreen forests. Cambodian lowland dry evergreen forests marked heterogeneous leaf-exchange phenology in space and in time. Peak of leaf exchange was at the early dry season for tall dipterocarp, while at the late dry season for understory tree species. We measured intact leaf stomata conductance of emergent dipterocarp trees. Leaf-expanding Dipterocarpus costatus displayed high transpiration potential. The disappearance of the emergent Dipterocarp possibly alters water cycle, in which transpiration, i.e., pumping up groundwater into air, at the mid dry season would decrease drastically.
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Research Products
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