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Zhao, Z. J., Shen, G. Z., Tan, L. Y., Kang, D. W., Wang, M. J., Kang, W., Guo, W. X., Zeppel, M. J., Yu, Q., & Li, J. Q. (2013). Treeline dynamics in response to climate change in the Min Mountains, southwestern China. Botanical studies, 54(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1999-3110-54-15
Zhao, Zhi-Jiang, et al. "Treeline dynamics in response to climate change in the Min Mountains, southwestern China." Botanical studies vol. 54,1 (2013): 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1999-3110-54-15
Zhao ZJ, Shen GZ, Tan LY, Kang DW, Wang MJ, Kang W, Guo WX, Zeppel MJ, Yu Q, Li JQ. Treeline dynamics in response to climate change in the Min Mountains, southwestern China. Bot Stud. 2013 Dec;54(1):15. doi: 10.1186/1999-3110-54-15. Epub 2013 Aug 22. PMID: 28510857; PMCID: PMC5430343.
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Bot Stud. 2013 Dec;54(1):15. doi: 10.1186/1999-3110-54-15. Epub 2013 Aug 22.

Treeline dynamics in response to climate change in the Min Mountains, southwestern China.

Botanical studies

Zhi-Jiang Zhao, Guo-Zhen Shen, Liu-Yi Tan, Dong-Wei Kang, Meng-Jun Wang, Wen Kang, Wen-Xia Guo, Melanie Jb Zeppel, Qiang Yu, Jun-Qing Li

Affiliations

  1. Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of MOE, School of Forest Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
  2. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
  4. Plant Functional Biology & Climate Change Cluster, School of the Environment, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
  5. Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of MOE, School of Forest Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China. [email protected].

PMID: 28510857 PMCID: PMC5430343 DOI: 10.1186/1999-3110-54-15

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Abies faxoniana is the dominant plant species of the forest ecosystem on the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the treeline is strongly defined by climate. The tree-ring chronologies and age structure of Abies faxoniana were developed in the treeline ecotones on the northwestern and southeastern aspects of the Min Mountains in the Wanglang Nature Reserve to examine the treeline dynamics of recent decades in response to climate change.

RESULTS: On the northwestern aspect, correlation analysis showed that the radial growth was significantly and positively correlated with precipitation in current January and monthly mean temperature in current April, but significantly and negatively correlated with monthly mean temperature in previous August. On the southeastern aspect, the radial growth was significantly negatively correlated with monthly mean temperature in previous July and August.

CONCLUSIONS: The different responses of radial growth to climatic variability on both the aspects might be mainly due to the micro-environmental conditions. The recruitment benefited from the warm temperature in current April, July and September on the northwestern aspect. The responses of radial growth and recruitment to climatic variability were similar on the northwestern slope. Recruitment was greatly restricted by competition with dense bamboos on the southeastern aspect.

Keywords: Abies faxoniana; Age structure; Climatic variability; Radial growth; Tree-ring chronology; Treeline

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