Response of water sources in Platycladus orientalis and Vitex negundo var heterophylla system to precipitation events in mountain area of Beijing, China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201707.011

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to qualify the potential water sources and their responses to seasonal precipitations for the system of Platycladus orientalis and Vitex negundo var. heterophylla by IsoSource model based on stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopic analysis in Jiufeng Mountain area of Beijing. The results showed that the ¹⁸O of water from 0-20 cm soil layer was enriched, whereas that was depleted as the soil layer deepened. P. orientalis used water mainly from 0-30 cm soil la-yer, being composed of rainwater 2-3 days before at the beginning of dry season. The water absorbed by P. orientalis and V. negundo sourced from 0-10 cm and 10-30 cm soil layer, which was fed on recent rainwater at the end of dry season. In wet season P. orientalis mainly accessed the soil water (from 0-40 cm layer, 59.3%) and recent rainwater (12.5%), while V. negundo drank the water from 0-30 cm soil layer derived from recent heavy rain. P. orientalis actively uptook the deeper soil water with time, until the end of growing season (November), its available water was from 60-80 cm soil layer and sourced from the rainwater happened 2-3 days before. Meanwhile, V. negundo completed its growing cycle and was on the brink of death. This system faced less competition for water use, stating its vertical water availability for climate adaptation in this region, which could reduce water and soil loss and minimize the instantaneous damage under heavy rainstorm attack.

ZHAO Na, MENG Ping, HE Ya-bing, LOU Yuan-hai, YU Xin-xiao. Response of water sources in Platycladus orientalis and Vitex negundo var heterophylla system to precipitation events in mountain area of Beijing, China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2017, 28(7): 2155-2163.

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