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Research article
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02 Apr 2024
Research article |
| 02 Apr 2024
| 02 Apr 2024
Root water uptake patterns are controlled by tree species interactions and soil water variability
Group of Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Invited contribution by Gökben Demir, recipient of the EGU Atmospheric Sciences Outstanding Student Poster and PICO Award 2019.
Andrew J. Guswa
Picker Engineering Program, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
Janett Filipzik
Group of Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Johanna Clara Metzger
Group of Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Institute of Soil Science, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Christine Römermann
Plant Biodiversity, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Group of Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Department of Computational Hydrosystems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
Experimental evidence is scarce to understand how the spatial variation in below-canopy precipitation affects root water uptake patterns. Here, we conducted field measurements to investigate drivers of root water uptake patterns while accounting for canopy induced heterogeneity in water input. We found that tree species interactions and soil moisture variability, rather than below-canopy precipitation patterns, control root water uptake patterns in a mixed unmanaged forest.
Experimental evidence is scarce to understand how the spatial variation in below-canopy...
