Eco - physiological behaviour of two woody oak species to combat desertification in the east Mediterranean-a case study from Lebanon

dc.contributor.authorKaram, Fadi
dc.contributor.authorDoulis, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorOzturk, Munir
dc.contributor.authorDogan, Yunus
dc.contributor.authorSakcali, Serdal
dc.contributor.editorEfe, R
dc.contributor.editorOzturk, M
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T21:25:29Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T21:25:29Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description2nd International Geography Symposium-Mediterranean Environment -- JUN 02-05, 2010 -- Antalya, TURKEYen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios as well as other global assessments have revealed that factors like climate change, land use changes, biotic interferences and atmospheric CO2 will be the major drivers of future biodiversity loss. This loss is important because it will lead to a loss of valuable genetic diversity as well, which is of paramount importance for well being of humans. The local species losses and extinctions are expected to take place at an even faster rate, which will directly affect local ecosystem functioning. However, the land-use change may play a more dominating role in the species loss at the global level during next 5 decades. This loss can vary between 7-25 percent depending on different biomes. Due to her existence in the Mediterranean Basin Lebanon is among one of the countires which has been severely suffering from changes in the land use and desertification, and will be affected much in future. Attempts should thus be made for obtaining detailed projections for the country. One of the ways to be followed is monitoring the efficiency of water use. Therefore in this study adaptation strategies of two typical woody oak species Quercus infectoria; a deciduous species; and Q. calliprinos; an evergreen species; to drought prone environments was studied in two different sites in Lebanon with high and low rainfall, during spring and autumn seasons. The water relations and photosynthetic behaviour of these species were investigated by conducting experiments in the field in order to assess their ecophysiological responses to water stress caused by increased drought. The leaves of Q. infectoria were bright green and larger than leaves of Q. calliprinos, allowing higher rates of photosynthesis and transpiration, but also resulting in low water use efficiency, regardless of site and season. Water stress reduced the rates of photosynthesis and transpiration in the course of the drying period in correspondence with an increase in vapour pressure deficit. The recovery of these two parameters in the autumn was correlated with a lowering of the air temperature and the saturation deficit of the atmosphere, for the same range of intercepted PAR. In all seasons, a mid-day depression in the photosynthesis and transpiration curves was due to stomata closure in response to water stress during the hottest hours of the day. These results are expected to enlighten the possibilities for future reclamation of degraded areas in the country. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Recep Efe and Munir Ozturken_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.05.197
dc.identifier.endpage796en_US
dc.identifier.issn1877-0428
dc.identifier.issn1877-0428en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage787en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.05.197
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/44827
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000299536700098en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Science Bven_US
dc.relation.ispartof2Nd International Geography Symposium-Mediterranean Environment 2010en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProcedia Social and Behavioral Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectLebanonen_US
dc.subjectEast Mediterraneanen_US
dc.subjectDroughten_US
dc.subjectTranspirationen_US
dc.subjectPhotosynthesisen_US
dc.subjectQuercus calliprinosen_US
dc.subjectQuercus infectoriaen_US
dc.subjectWater Use Efficiencyen_US
dc.titleEco - physiological behaviour of two woody oak species to combat desertification in the east Mediterranean-a case study from Lebanonen_US
dc.typeConference Objecten_US

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