The spruce bark volatiles and internal phloem chemical profiles after the forest gap formation: the annual course
Author:
Šamajová Veronika12, Marešová Jana2, Majdák Andrej2, Jakuš Rastislav2, Blaženec Miroslav2
Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences , Technical University in Zvolen , T. G. Masaryka 24 , Zvolen , Slovakia 2. Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences , Ľ. Štúra 2 , Zvolen , Slovakia
Abstract
Abstract
Our study explores the impact of sudden gap formation on the bark volatile and internal chemical profiles of Norway spruce trees during the initial dry year of research plot 2018 following gap formation. We investigated the annual variation in two main physiological traits of Norway spruce trees at the forest edge (FE) and in the forest interior (FI): bark monoterpene (MT) emission spectra and internal phloem MT composition. Given that gap formation increases the solar radiation dose and temperature for trees at the forest edge, we hypothesized that the concentrations of airborne terpenes released from the tree bark and internal phloem terpenes will increase as a consequence of induced tree defenses. Our findings demonstrate significant increases in both airborne terpene concentrations and internal terpene composition in trees at the forest edge compared to the control trees in the forest interior. This study provides novel insights into the annual dynamics of bark monoterpenes following forest edge establishment and underscores the physiological changes experienced by trees in response to the gap formation.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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