Long-term physiological and growth responses of Himalayan fir to environmental change are mediated by mean climate
| Autor: | Pieter A. Zuidema, Peter van der Sleen, Shankar Panthi, Ze-Xin Fan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Environmental change Vapour Pressure Deficit Abies spectabilis Climate change Forests Atmospheric sciences 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Trees central Himalaya Dendrochronology Environmental Chemistry Bosecologie en Bosbeheer long-term growth trends 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Global and Planetary Change Ecology Moisture biology Carbon Dioxide biology.organism_classification PE&RC Forest Ecology and Forest Management tree rings Himalayan fir (Abies spectabilis) climate change elevation gradients Productivity (ecology) Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Climate sensitivity Environmental science intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) Abies high-elevation forests |
| Zdroj: | Global Change Biology, 26(3), 1778-1794 Global Change Biology 26 (2020) 3 |
| ISSN: | 1354-1013 |
| Popis: | High-elevation forests are experiencing high rates of warming, in combination with CO2 rise and (sometimes) drying trends. In these montane systems, the effects of environmental changes on tree growth are also modified by elevation itself, thus complicating our ability to predict effects of future climate change. Tree-ring analysis along an elevation gradient allows quantifying effects of gradual and annual environmental changes. Here, we study long-term physiological (ratio of internal to ambient CO2 , i.e., Ci /Ca and intrinsic water-use efficiency, iWUE) and growth responses (tree-ring width) of Himalayan fir (Abies spectabilis) trees in response to warming, drying, and CO2 rise. Our study was conducted along elevational gradients in a dry and a wet region in the central Himalaya. We combined dendrochronology and stable carbon isotopes (δ13 C) to quantify long-term trends in Ci /Ca ratio and iWUE (δ13 C-derived), growth (mixed-effects models), and evaluate climate sensitivity (correlations). We found that iWUE increased over time at all elevations, with stronger increase in the dry region. Climate-growth relations showed growth-limiting effects of spring moisture (dry region) and summer temperature (wet region), and negative effects of temperature (dry region). We found negative growth trends at lower elevations (dry and wet regions), suggesting that continental-scale warming and regional drying reduced tree growth. This interpretation is supported by δ13 C-derived long-term physiological responses, which are consistent with responses to reduced moisture and increased vapor pressure deficit. At high elevations (wet region), we found positive growth trends, suggesting that warming has favored tree growth in regions where temperature most strongly limits growth. At lower elevations (dry and wet regions), the positive effects of CO2 rise did not mitigate the negative effects of warming and drying on tree growth. Our results raise concerns on the productivity of Himalayan fir forests at low and middle ( |
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