Seasonal dynamics and precipitation responses of water use strategies in Tamarix ramosissima in different developmental stages of coppice dunes in the Gurbantunggut Desert, northwest China.

ramosissima in all coppice dunes showed an increasing trend (Fig. 3 ).

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The water uptake from the 180–360 cm layer demonstrated a highly significant positive correlation with LOC, while that from the 360–500 cm layer was significantly positively correlated with iWUE.

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The δD and δ 18 O values of soil water in all coppice dunes exhibited a decreasing trend with increasing depth, and below 60 cm the δ 18 O values became more negative before gradually stabilizing with further depth (Fig.

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Variations in RWC, WSD, V a , V s , and V a / V s The average leaf RWC exhibited a clear trend in all coppice dunes according to the following order: growth stage of coppice dunes (81.54%) > stable stage of coppice dunes (80.84%) > initial stage of coppice dunes (79.56%) > declining stage of coppice dunes (72.49%) (Fig. 6 a).

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