六盘山半干旱区华北落叶松树干径向变化及对环境因子响应-radial variation of larix principis-rupprechtii trunk and its response to environmental factors in semi-arid area of liupanshan mountain.docxVIP

days with higher transpiration and stem water deficit. Thus, the variation of nocturnal sap flow was significantly larger in sunny days than that in rainy days. The total amount of nocturnal water recharge in the stand studied was 11.03 mm during the whole growing season, which accounted for 7.22% of the total transpiration. The monthly stem water recharge and its ratio to total transpiration differed obviously in the months observed. The absolute stem water recharge was highest in May, with a value of 4.19 mm; but obviously decreased in other months and fluctuated in the range of 0.9~1.7 mm. However, the ratio of nocturnal water recharge to total transpiration was higher in the later period (September and October) compared in the earlier period (May) and middle period (June to August) of the growing season. The correlation analysis showed a less dependency of daily nocturnal water recharge on the daily weather parameters, but it was significantly correlated with the precipitation (P0.05), and daily soil moisture (P 0.01) as it indicates the soil water availability, and with the diurnal and daily total transpiration ( P 0.01) as they indicate the water demand pressure. The monthly ratio of stem water recharge to total transpiration was significantly correlated with the monthly averages of soil moisture, air temperature, diurnal and total transpiration (P 0.05). But the ratio of stem water recharge to total transpiration in daily scale was influenced by more factors than in the month scale, it was significantly correlated with the daily parameters of maximum and minimum as well as mean air temperature, diurnal and total transpiration, mean air saturation vapor pressure deficit, mean solar radiat ion intensity, mean air humidity, daily precipitation, daily soil moisture (P 0.01). Finally, the regression equation to relate the daily nocturnal water recharge’s contribution to total transpiration with environmental parameters was established, for quantitatively predi