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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2021, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 819-824.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202103.007

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Relationship between climate and leaf carbon stable isotope of Hippophae

HE Ling-wei, YANG Jun-long, LI Xiao-wei*   

  1. School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
  • Received:2020-09-21 Accepted:2020-12-31 Online:2021-03-15 Published:2021-09-15
  • Contact: * E-mail: lxwbq@126.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (31860122, 31560154), the Ningxia Higher Education Institutions First-class Discipline Construction Project (NXYLXK2017A01) and Ningxia Special Project of Technical Innovation Gui-dance

Abstract: We analyzed the relationship between carbon stable isotope characteristics of 131 Hippophae populations and environmental factors by measuring the foliar δ13C value in Hippophae. The results showed that the foliar δ13C values of Hippophae ranged from -24.65‰ to -29.11‰, with an average of -26.97‰. Hippophae species were C3 plants. For the foliar δ13C values, the coefficient variation at intraspecific level was higher than that at interspecific level, indicating that environmental factors should be main factors driving the variations of leaf δ13C. The δ13C values had no significant correlation with latitude and longitude, but were negatively correlated with altitude. The regression equation was δ13C(‰)=0.118VAP-0.007GST-0.000028RDA-20.721 (R2=0.212,P<0.0001). Water vapor pressure (VAP), growing season temperature (GST), and radiation (RDA) were the major factors affecting foliar δ13C values. Our results could provide a theoretical basis to understand the responses of Hippophae species to global climate change.

Key words: Hippophae, δ13C value, carbon stable isotope, environmental factor