Warming Increased Nitrogen Availability and Tree Growth During the Last Five Decades as Revealed by Annual Ring Data of Pinus merkusii in Central Vietnam.

Autor: Viet, Hung Dinh, Nguyen Tu, Kim, Kwak, Jin-Hyeob, Choi, Woo-Jung
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Zdroj: Communications in Soil Science & Plant Analysis; 2018, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p416-425, 10p
Abstrakt: The effects of climate change including warming on nitrogen (N) availability and growth ofPinus merkusiiin central Vietnam were investigated using the relationship between climate variables (rainfall and temperature) and tree-ring parameters (ring width, density, basal area increment, and N concentration) for the last five decades. Rainfall was not correlated with any tree-ring parameters, indicating that water availability did not limit tree growth in the study site probably due to sufficient rainfall. Temperature was positively correlated with ring N concentration, basal area increment, and ring density, probably reflecting the positive effects of warming on soil N mineralization, net photosynthesis, and cell wall thickness, respectively. Therefore, this study suggested that global warming during the last five decades increased N availability and the increased N further helped warming-induced increases in the growth ofP. merkusiiin central Vietnam. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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