Tree water relations can trigger monoterpene emissions from Scots pine stems during spring recovery

Vanhatalo, A.; Chan, T.; Aalto, J.; Korhonen, J. F.; Kolari, P.; Hölttä, T.; Nikinmaa, E.; Bäck, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5353-2015

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17 Sep 2015

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| 17 Sep 2015

Tree water relations can trigger monoterpene emissions from Scots pine stems during spring recovery

A. Vanhatalo, T. Chan, J. Aalto, J. F. Korhonen, P. Kolari, T. Hölttä, E. Nikinmaa, and J. Bäck

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RC C3398: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jul 2015
- AC C4335: 'Response to reviewer #1', Anni Vanhatalo, 14 Aug 2015
RC C3449: 'review of Vanhatalo et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jul 2015
- AC C4336: 'Response to reviewer #2', Anni Vanhatalo, 14 Aug 2015
RC C3630: 'interesting measurements', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 Jul 2015
- AC C4337: 'Response to reviewer #3', Anni Vanhatalo, 14 Aug 2015

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Aug 2015) by Marianne Glasius

AR by Anni Vanhatalo on behalf of the Authors (03 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Boreal coniferous trees emit plenty of volatile monoterpenes into the atmosphere. At our measurement site in Finland, we found a springtime relation between the high monoterpene emission from Scots pine stem and tree water relations. Hence, we suggest that the transient monoterpene burst may be a consequence of the spring recovery of the stem and that the dominant processes and environmental drivers triggering the monoterpene emissions are different between pine stems and foliage.