An Assessment of Woody Plant Water Source Studies from across the Globe: What Do We Know after 30 Years of Research and Where Do We Go from Here?

Md Shawkat I Sohel; Mohammed Abdus Salam; John L Herbohn

doi:10.3390/hydrology6020040

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An Assessment of Woody Plant Water Source Studies from across the Globe: What Do We Know after 30 Years of Research and Where Do We Go from Here?

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An Assessment of Woody Plant Water Source Studies from across the Globe: What Do We Know after 30 Years of Research and Where Do We Go from Here?

Md Shawkat I Sohel, Mohammed Abdus Salam and John L Herbohn

Hydrology, Vol.6(2), 40

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology6020040

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Abstract

dual isotope

forest management

soil water

stable isotopes

xylem water

In the face of global climate change, water availability and its impact on forest productivity is becoming an increasingly important issue. It is therefore necessary to evaluate the advancement of research in this field and to set new research priorities. A systematic literature review was performed to evaluate the spatiotemporal dynamics of global research on woody plant water sources and to determine a future research agenda. Most of the reviewed studies were from the United States, followed by China and Australia. The research indicates that there is a clear variation in woody plant water sources in forests due to season, climate, leaf phenology, and method of measurement. Much of the research focus has been on identifying plant water sources using a single isotope approach. Much less focus has been given to the nexus between water source and tree size, tree growth, drought, water use efficiency, agroforestry systems, groundwater interactions, and many other topics. Therefore, a new set of research priorities has been proposed that will address these gaps under different vegetation and climate conditions. Once these issues are resolved, the research can inform forest process studies in new ways.

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Title: An Assessment of Woody Plant Water Source Studies from across the Globe: What Do We Know after 30 Years of Research and Where Do We Go from Here?
Authors: Md Shawkat I Sohel (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Mohammed Abdus Salam (Author) - Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh
John L Herbohn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Hydrology, Vol.6(2), 40
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.3390/hydrology6020040
ISSN: 2306-5338
Copyright note: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451457902621
Output Type: Journal article

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