Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The impact of the environmental factors on the photosynthetic activity of common pine (Pinus sylvestris) in spring and in autumn in the region of Eastern Siberia

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Journal of Forestry Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The taiga coniferous forests of the Siberian region are the main carbon sinks in the forest ecosystems. Quantitatively, the size of the carbon accumulation is determined by the photosynthetic productivity, which is strongly influenced by environmental factors. As a result, an assessment of the relationship between environmental factors and photosynthetic productivity makes it possible to calculate and even predict carbon sinks in coniferous forests at the regional level. However, at various stages of the vegetative period, the force of the connection between environmental conditions and the productivity of photosynthesis may change. In this research, correlations between the photosynthetic activity of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) with the environmental conditions were compared in spring and in autumn. In spring, close positive correlation of the maximum daily net photosynthesis was identified with only one environmental factor. For different years, correlations were for soil temperature (rs = 0.655, p = 0.00315) or available soil water supply (rs = 0.892, p = 0.0068). In autumn within different years, significant correlation was shown with two (temperature of air and soil; rs = 0.789 and 0.896, p = 0.00045 and 0.000006, respectively) and four factors: temperature of air (rs = 0.749, p = 0.00129) and soil (rs = 0.84, p = 0.00000), available soil water supply (rs = 0.846, p = 0.00013) and irradiance (rs = 0.826, p = 0.000001). Photosynthetic activity has a weaker connection with changes in environmental factors in the spring, as compared to autumn. This is explained by the multidirectional influence of environmental conditions on photosynthesis in this period and by the necessity of earlier photosynthesis onset, despite the unfavorable conditions. This data may be useful for predicting the flow of carbon in dependence on environmental factors in this region in spring and in autumn.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Bauer H, Nagele M, Comploj M, Galler V, Mair M, Unterpertinger E (1994) Photosynthesis in cold acclimated leaves of plants with various degrees of freezing tolerance. Physiol Plant 91:403–412

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dahal K, Kane K, Sarhan F, Grodzinski B, Huner NPA (2012) Cold acclimation inhibits CO2-dependent stimulation of photosynthesis in spring wheat and spring rye. Botany 90(6):433–444

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ensminger I, Sveshnikov D, Campbell D, Funk C, Jansson S, Lloyd J, Shibistova O, Oquist G (2004) Intermittent low temperatures constrain spring recovery of photosynthesis in boreal Scots pine forests. Global Chang Biol 10:995–1008

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ensminger I, Schmidt L, Lloyd J (2008) Soil temperature and intermittent frost modulate the rate of recovery of photosynthesis in Scots pine under simulated spring conditions. New Phytol 177:428–442

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fedorovsky V (1975) Determination of water and physical soil properties as deduced from vegetation experiments. In: Sokolov AV (ed) Agrochemical methods of soil studies. Nauka, Moscow

    Google Scholar 

  • Fréchette E, Ensminger I, Bergeron Y, Gessler A, Berminger F (2011) Will changes in root-zone temperature in boreal spring affect recovery of photosynthesis in Picea mariana and Populus tremuloides in a future climate? Tree Physiol 31:1204–1216

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Galvagno M, Rossini M, Migliavacca M, Cremonese E, Colombo R, Morra di Cella U (2013) Seasonal course of photosynthetic efficiency in Larix decidua Mill. in response to temperature and change in pigment composition during senescence. Int J Biometeorol 57:871–880

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gea-Izquierdo G, Mäkelä A, Margolis H, Bergeron Y, Black TA, Dunn A, Hadley J, Paw U, Tha K, Falk M, Wharton S, Monson R, Hollinger DY, Laurila T, Aurela M, McCaughey H, Bourque C, Vesala T, Berninger F (2010) Modeling acclimation of photosynthesis to temperature in evergreen conifer forests. New Phytol 188:175–186

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Glantz S (1999) Primer of biostatistics. Practica, Moscow

    Google Scholar 

  • Hansen J, Beck E (1994) Seasonal changes in the utilization and turnover of assimilation products in 8-year old Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees. Trees Struct Funct 8:172–182

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hansen J, Vogg G, Beck E (1996) Assimilation, allocation and utilization of carbon by 3-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees during winter and early spring. Trees Struct Funct 11:83–90

    Google Scholar 

  • Kartushin V (1969) Agroclimatic Resources of the South of East Siberia. Irkutsk

  • Kolari P, Chan T, Porcar-Castell A, Bãck J, Nikimaa E, Juurola F (2014) Field and controlled environment measurements show strong seasonal acclimation in photosynthesis and respiration potential in boreal Scots pine. Front Plant Sci 5:717

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Korotaeva N, Oskorbina M, Kopytova L, Suvorova G, Borovskii G, Voinikov V (2012) Variations in the content of stress proteins in the needles of common pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) within an annual cycle. J For Res 17:89–97

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Korotaeva N, Romanenko A, Suvorova G, Ivanova M, Lomovatskaya L, Borovskii G, Voinikov V (2015) Seasonal changes in the content of dehydrins in mesophyll cells of common pine needles. Photosynth Res 124:159–169

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Long SP, Hallgren D (1989) Measurement of CO2 assimilation by plants in field and laboratory conditions. In: Mokronosov AT (ed) Photosynthesis and bioproductivity: methods of determination. Agropromizdat, Moscow

    Google Scholar 

  • Monson RK, Turnipseed AA, Sparks JP, Harley P, Scott-Denton L, Sparks K, Huxman T (2002) Carbon sequestration in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Global Chang Biol 8:459–478

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Monson RK, Sparks JP, Rosenstiel TN, Scott-Denton LE, Huxman TE, Harley PC, Turnipseed AA, Burns SP, Backlund B, Hu J (2005) Climatic influences on net ecosystem CO2 exchange during the transition from wintertime carbon source to springtime carbon sink in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Oecologia 146:130–147

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moyes AB, Germino MJ, Kueppers LM (2015) Moisture rivals temperature in limiting photosynthesis by trees establishing beyond their cold-edge range limit under ambient and warmed conditions. New Phytol 207:1005–1014

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pagter M, Arora R (2013) Winter survival and deacclimation of perennials under warming climate: physiological perspectives. Physiol Plant 147:75–87

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Peel MC, Finlayson BL, McMahon TA (2007) Updated world map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 11:1633–1644

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rapacz M, Ergon Å, Höglind M, Jørgensen M, Jurczyk B, Østrem L, Rognli O, Tronsmo A (2014) Overwintering of herbaceous plants in a changing climate. Still more questions than answers. Plant Sci 225:34–44

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Repo T, Kalliokoski T, Domisch T, Lehto T, Mannerkoski H, Sutinen S, Finér L (2005) Effects of timing of soil frost thawing on Scots pine. Tree Physiol 25:1053–1062

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rysin L, Savelyeva L (2008) Pine forests of Russia. Association of scientific publications KMK, Moscow

    Google Scholar 

  • Schwarz PA, Fahey TJ, Dawson TE (1997) Seasonal air and soil temperature effects on photosynthesis in red spruce (Picea rubens) saplings. Tree Physiol 17:187–194

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shcherbatyuk AS, Rusakova LV, Suvorova GG, Yan’kova LS (1991) Carbon dioxide gas-exchange of Predbaikal’ye conifers. Nauka, Novosibirsk (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Shwer N, Formantchuk N (1981) Climate of Irkutsk. Hydrometeoizdat, Leningrad

    Google Scholar 

  • Suni T, Berninger F, Vesala T, Markkanen T, Hari P, Mâkelâ A, Ilvesniemi H, Hânninen H, Nikinmaa E, Huttula T, Laurila T, Aurela M, Grelle A, Lindroth A, Ameth A, Shibistova O, Loyd J (2003) Air temperature triggers the recovery of evergreen boreal forest photosynthesis in spring. Global Chang Biol 9:1410–1426

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Suvorova GG (2006) Photosynthetic activity of coniferous trees in conditions of the sougth of Middle Siberia. Thesis (ScD), Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Irkutsk

  • Suvorova GG (2009) Photosynthesis of coniferous trees under the Siberian conditions. Academic Publishing House Geo, Novosibirsk

    Google Scholar 

  • Suvorova G, Shcherbatyuk A, Yan’kova L (2004) Specific features of the changes in daily photosynthetic productivity of conifers. I. Siberian Larch. Contemp Probl Ecol 11:73–79

    Google Scholar 

  • Suvorova G, Yan’kova L, Kopytova L, Filippova A (2005) Optimal environmental factors and photosynthesis intensity of scots pine and Siberian larch in the Baikal region. Contemp Probl Ecol 12:85–95

    Google Scholar 

  • Suvorova G, Yan’kova L, Kopytova L, Filippova A (2007a) Proposal of the environmental resource utilization coefficient (ERUC)—a tool for characterizing the conditions for high photosynthetic activity in conifers in Siberia, Russia. Eurasian J For Res 10–2:193–199

    Google Scholar 

  • Suvorova G, Yan’kova L, Kopytova L, Filippova A (2007b) Seasonal optima of photosynthesis in conifers of Baikal Siberia. Contemp Probl Ecol 14:289–296

    Google Scholar 

  • Suvorova G, Oskorbina M, Kopytova L, Yan’kova L, Popova E (2011) Seasonal changes in photosynthetic activity and chlorophylls in the Scots pine and Siberian spruce with optimal or insufficient moistening. Contemp Probl Ecol 4:626–633

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Suvorova G, Korzukhin M, Ivanova M (2017) Influence of environmental factors on photosynthesis of three coniferous species. ARRB 12:1–14

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tooming HG (1977) Solar radiation and harvest formation. Gidrometeoizdat, Leningrad

    Google Scholar 

  • Tselniker YL (1982) A simplified method of determining the surface area of pine and spruce needles. Russ For Sci 4:86–91

    Google Scholar 

  • Vaschuk LN, Shvidenko AZ (2006) Dynamics of forests of Irkutsk region. Irkutsk Regional Printing House No 1, Irkutsk

    Google Scholar 

  • Verhoeven A (2013) Recovery kinetics of photochemical efficiency in winter stressed conifers: the effects of growth light environment, extent of the season and species. Physiol Plant 147:147–158

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Vogg G, Heim R, Schafer C, Beck E (1998) Frost hardening and photosynthetic performance of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) needles. I. Seasonal changes in the photosynthetic apparatus and its function. Planta 204:193–200

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zarter CR, Demmig-Adams B, Ebbert V, Adamska I, Adams WWIII (2006) Photosynthetic capacity and light harvesting efficiency during the winter-to-spring transition in subalpine conifers. New Phytol 172:283–292

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The authors express their gratitude to L.D. Kopytova and L.S. Yan’kova for their contribution to the acquisition of the experimental data on ASWS and PSP.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 132, Lermontov Str, PO Box 317, Irkutsk, Russia, 664033

    N. E. Korotaeva, M. V. Ivanova, G. G. Suvorova & G. B. Borovskii

Authors
  1. N. E. Korotaeva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. M. V. Ivanova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. G. G. Suvorova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. G. B. Borovskii
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to M. V. Ivanova.

Additional information

Project Funding: The Project was funded by The Program of Basic Research of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 23 “Biodiversity” (Project 23.31: Relationship between the use of environmental resources and photosynthesis of conifers as a factor in the sustainability and biological diversity of forest ecosystems in Northern Eurasia).

The online version is available at http://www.springerlink.com

Corresponding editor: Tao Xu.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Korotaeva, N.E., Ivanova, M.V., Suvorova, G.G. et al. The impact of the environmental factors on the photosynthetic activity of common pine (Pinus sylvestris) in spring and in autumn in the region of Eastern Siberia. J. For. Res. 29, 1465–1473 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-017-0582-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-017-0582-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation