Interaction Processes of Environment and Plant Ecophysiology with BVOC Emissions from Dominant Greening Trees

Abstract

In global greening, biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and their influencing factors have been considered due to their significant roles in the biosphere and atmosphere. Many studies have reported relationships of BVOC emissions with environmental factors and plant ecophysiology. However, the direct and indirect effects of environmental factors on BVOC emissions remain unclear, and the causal relationships between plant ecophysiology and BVOC emissions are ambiguous. We measured the isoprene and monoterpene emissions from dominant greening plants using a dynamic enclosure system and quantified the interactions of environment–-plant and ecophysiology–BVOC emissions using a path analysis model. We found that isoprene emission was directly affected by photosynthetic rate, and indirectly affected by photosynthetically active radiation and air temperature (Tair). Monoterpene emissions were directly affected by atmospheric pressure, relative air humidity and specific leaf weight, and indirectly affected by Tair.

Keywords

• BVOC emissions
• environment
• plant ecophysiology
• isoprene
• monoterpenes
• path analysis