Relationship between the radial growth of Picea meyeri and climate along elevations of the Luyashan Mountain in North-Central China

Zhang, Wentao; Jiang, Yuan; Dong, Manyu; Kang, Muyi; Hao-Chun, Yang

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.017

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“…The significant positive correlations between temperature during the growing season and growth of P. meyeri and L. principis-rupprechtii, were also reported for north-facing slopes in other studies [4,34]. These climatic responses imply a limiting effect of cool summer months on tree growth, typical at high elevations in a semi-humid mountainous area [29,36].…”

Section: Topography-dependent Growth In Response To Climatesupporting

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Topography- and Species-Dependent Climatic Responses in Radial Growth of Picea meyeri and Larix principis-rupprechtii in the Luyashan Mountains of North-Central China

Zhang

Jiang

Wang

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Dendroecological techniques were used to examine the relationships between topographic aspects, climate factors and radial growth of Picea meyeri and Larix principis-rupprechtii in Luyashan Mountains, North-Central China. Four sites were selected at timberline and totally 67 trees and 134 cores were collected. Pearson correlation and regression surface analysis were conducted to reveal the growth-climate relationships. The results indicated that the two species both showed significant negative correlations with temperature during preceding November on the two topographic aspects. On both slope aspects, growth of P. meyeri exhibited significant negative correlations with precipitation in current June, whereas growth of L. principis-rupprechtii showed significant negative correlations with precipitation in preceding September. On north-facing slope, tree growth was limited by low temperature in early growing season, which not shown on south-facing slope. If climate warming continues, L. principis-rupprechtii may be more favored and a reverse between relationships with temperature and precipitation maybe occur in growth of trees. Treeline position on the north-facing slope may possess a greater potential for elevation shifting than the OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 117 south-facing slope. Our results supply useful information for discussing the potential effect of future climate on the forest growth in North-Central China.

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“…Zhang et al have reported that sunlight in the summer months is crucial to the growth of this species [34]. At higher elevations, abundant rainfall is generally combined with increased cloudiness, reduced radiation input and lower temperature, which constrain tree growth [35].…”

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Topography- and Species-Dependent Climatic Responses in Radial Growth of Picea meyeri and Larix principis-rupprechtii in the Luyashan Mountains of North-Central China

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Jiang

Wang

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“…In this study, we used the correlative method which has proven to be effective in the analysis of the response of forest growth to climate change (Chen et al 2010, Lapointe-Garant et al 2010, Zhang et al 2012, Wang et al 2013.…”

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Growth patterns of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under the current regional pollution load in Lithuania

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Mozgeris³

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionAnnual tree-rings provide a valuable source of environmental information and have been widely used throughout the world to document past forest conditions (Martin-Benito et al. 2011). Parameters related to the annual stem increment are extremely reliable indicators of general forest health and stability (Cook & Kairiukstis 1990). Tree rings provide unique possibilities for the retrospective assessment of growth rates over an extended period of time . Modern tree-ring analysis methods were developed at the beginning of the 1980s, when forest damage was recognized as a serious and widespread regional problem (Eckstein 1985, Cook 1987a, 1987b, Innes & Cook 1989, Schulze 1989. However, a few years later an apparently opposite view on Europe's forest conditions was presented by Spiecker et al. (1996), based on 22 growth studies from 12 countries. The results revealed a considerable increase in forest growth over central Europe (Solberg et al. 2009).Many potential causes for the increase in net primary productivity have been proposed, even though forest health was simultaneously deteriorating. The relative importance of different factors has been difficult to assess because of a multitude of interacting stresses affecting trees throughout their lifetimes (Makinen et al. 2001). Despite this, the main factors for the enhanced growth rates were attributed to increases in the photosynthetic rate, the length of the growing season and the leaf area index (Hyvonen et al. 2007, Boisvenue & Running 2006. Meteorological variation had a major response to these changes (Becker 1989, Innes 1994, Spiecker et al. 1996, Raitio 2000.Our earlier investigations revealed that acidifying pollutants mainly resulted in changes in the rate of tree crown defoliation vs. tree stem increment when the effect of crown defoliation on increment was considered (Augustaitis & Bytnerowicz 2008).In this study, we attempted to detect the effects of acidifying pollutants on stem increment after taking into account the effect of meteorological parameters. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse recent changes in meteorological variables, air pollution, and acid deposition to identify the cause of changes in the stem annual increment of over-mature, pre-dominant healthy pine trees. Material and methodsIn 2010 we assessed tree conditions within national parks (NP) in different regions of Lithuania: Curonian Spit, Zemaitija and Aukštaitija NPs. These three parks are located at a seaside site, in western and northeastern Lithuania, respectively (Fig. 1). A hundred of predominant pine trees were selected matching the following characteristics: age exceeding 120 years, diameter at breast height larger than 50 cm, upper crown taller than the general level of the canopy, no visible crown or stem damage, healthy status (defoliation 0-15 %). Moreover, trees were selected within permanent observation plots already monitored by different methodologies: in Curonian Spit NP plots were established based on UN ECE Forest ...

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“…These data describe the ongoing processes of tree growth and feature benefits including exact dating, high continuity, high sensitivity, long temporal span and easily obtained duplicates (Stoffel and Corona 2014). Meanwhile, dendroclimatology has been used to evaluate tree growth-climate relationships, providing baseline knowledge for climate change researches (Beniston 2002;Zhang et al 2012). The 'uniformitarian principle' generally assumes that the relationship between tree growth and limiting climate factors is stable over time (Fritts 1976).…”

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Divergent responses to climate factors in the radial growth of Larix sibirica in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, northwest China

Jiao

Jiang

Zhang

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Key message The radial growth of Larix sibirica has exhibited divergent responses to temperatures in the growing season due to the temperature-driven drought stress in the eastern Tianshan Mountains of Northwest China. Abstract The warming of the continental interior of the Northern Hemisphere in the latter half of the twentieth century has led to divergent responses between trees growth and climate factors at high latitudes. This study explored the variability in the responses of radial growth to climate factors and the temporal stability of growth-climate relationships under climate change for Siberia larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) in the mid-latitude area of the eastern Tianshan Mountains. The results indicated as follows: (1) Analysis of the relationships between tree-ring width chronology and climate factors before and after the abrupt increases in temperature demonstrated that divergent responses of radial growth occurred in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, suggesting that correlation coefficients with temperature varied significantly in the growing season.(2) Examination of variations in the climate factors limiting radial growth in the two time periods demonstrated that the minimum temperature played a key role from 1989 to 2012. (3) Assessment of the temporal stability of growth-climate relationships by a moving correlation function demonstrated that the positive sensitivity of Siberia larch to temperature during the growing season decreased. The reasons for this 'divergence problem' were the increased drought stress and changes in the physiological responses of trees. (4) Simulation of the trend of basal area increment by linear regression showed that the growth rate of Siberia larch first increased and then decreased. The future effects of increasing temperature may cause significant alterations in forest ecosystems, with greater effects on forests in arid and semi-arid areas.

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Relationship between the radial growth of Picea meyeri and climate along elevations of the Luyashan Mountain in North-Central China

Cited by 50 publications

References 21 publications

Topography- and Species-Dependent Climatic Responses in Radial Growth of Picea meyeri and Larix principis-rupprechtii in the Luyashan Mountains of North-Central China

Topography- and Species-Dependent Climatic Responses in Radial Growth of Picea meyeri and Larix principis-rupprechtii in the Luyashan Mountains of North-Central China

Growth patterns of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under the current regional pollution load in Lithuania

Divergent responses to climate factors in the radial growth of Larix sibirica in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, northwest China

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