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Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China
Subtropical forests provide diverse ecosystem services to human society. However, how subtropical tree species respond to climate change is still unclear. Using a dendrochronological method, we studied the radial growth patterns and species-specific responses of four main tree species in subtropical...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9539437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.964400 |
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author | Jing, Mengdan Zhu, Liangjun Liu, Shuguang Cao, Yang Zhu, Yu Yan, Wende |
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description | Subtropical forests provide diverse ecosystem services to human society. However, how subtropical tree species respond to climate change is still unclear. Using a dendrochronological method, we studied the radial growth patterns and species-specific responses of four main tree species in subtropical China to recent warming and drought. Results showed that the long-term drought caused by global warming and reduced precipitation since 1997 had resulted in the growth decline of Pinus massoniana, Castanea henryi and Castanopsis eyrei but not for Liquidambar formosana. Four species had similar sensitivities to the previous year and the current year, which is probably due to the carryover effect and temporal autocorrelation of climate data. Tree growth was positively correlated with growing season precipitation and relative humidity while negatively correlated with vapor pressure deficit. The negative relationship of tree radial growth with temperatures in the previous and current summer and the positive correlation with precipitation gradually strengthened after 1997. Therefore, we highlighted that drought-induced tree decline in subtropical forests is probably a common phenomenon, and it needed to verify by more tree-ring studies on a large scale. The species-specific responses of tree radial growth to climate change are not obvious, but they still should be considered in regional carbon balance and forest dynamics. Considering future climate change, species that are more drought tolerant should be considered as potential plantation species. |
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spelling | pubmed-95394372022-10-08 Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China Jing, Mengdan Zhu, Liangjun Liu, Shuguang Cao, Yang Zhu, Yu Yan, Wende Front Plant Sci Plant Science Subtropical forests provide diverse ecosystem services to human society. However, how subtropical tree species respond to climate change is still unclear. Using a dendrochronological method, we studied the radial growth patterns and species-specific responses of four main tree species in subtropical China to recent warming and drought. Results showed that the long-term drought caused by global warming and reduced precipitation since 1997 had resulted in the growth decline of Pinus massoniana, Castanea henryi and Castanopsis eyrei but not for Liquidambar formosana. Four species had similar sensitivities to the previous year and the current year, which is probably due to the carryover effect and temporal autocorrelation of climate data. Tree growth was positively correlated with growing season precipitation and relative humidity while negatively correlated with vapor pressure deficit. The negative relationship of tree radial growth with temperatures in the previous and current summer and the positive correlation with precipitation gradually strengthened after 1997. Therefore, we highlighted that drought-induced tree decline in subtropical forests is probably a common phenomenon, and it needed to verify by more tree-ring studies on a large scale. The species-specific responses of tree radial growth to climate change are not obvious, but they still should be considered in regional carbon balance and forest dynamics. Considering future climate change, species that are more drought tolerant should be considered as potential plantation species. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9539437/ /pubmed/36212337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.964400 Text en Copyright © 2022 Jing, Zhu, Liu, Cao, Zhu and Yan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Plant Science Jing, Mengdan Zhu, Liangjun Liu, Shuguang Cao, Yang Zhu, Yu Yan, Wende Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China |
title | Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China |
title_full | Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China |
title_fullStr | Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China |
title_full_unstemmed | Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China |
title_short | Warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: Evidence from tree rings in central China |
title_sort | warming-induced drought leads to tree growth decline in subtropics: evidence from tree rings in central china |
topic | Plant Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9539437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.964400 |
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