Warming-induced unprecedented high-elevation forest growth over the monsoonal Tibetan Plateau
In: ISSN: 1748-9326 ; Environmental Research Letters ; https://hal.science/hal-02844113 ; Environmental Research Letters, 2020, 15 (5), pp.054011. ⟨10.1088/1748-9326/ab7b9b⟩, 2020
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International audience ; Growth of high-elevation forests is generally temperature-limited and thus sensitive to warming. The Tibetan Plateau has experienced fast warming rates associated with decreased summer monsoon rainfall over the last century. However, whether such warming and monsoon-induced drought could offset a potential warming-driven enhancement of forest growth has not been examined. Here, we have compiled high-elevation forest growth data at 40 sites over the monsoonal Tibetan Plateau (MTP), and combined them in a high-elevation forest growth index (HEFGI) spanning 1567-2010. Tree growth in this region was significantly and positively correlated with July-October minimum temperatures during 1950-2010 (R 2 = 0.53 P < 0.001), and insignificantly coherent with soil moisture and precipitation. The HEFGI of MTP reaches its highest values from the 2000s onwards. This result suggests that the mean HEFGI of MTP has not been negatively affected by the current drying trend and responded positively to increased temperatures.
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Warming-induced unprecedented high-elevation forest growth over the monsoonal Tibetan Plateau
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Shi, Chunming ; Schneider, Lea ; Hu, Yuan ; Shen, Miaogen ; Sun, Cheng ; Xia, Jianyang ; Forbes, Bruce C. ; Shi, Peili ; Zhang, Yuandong ; Ciais, Philippe ; Beijing Forestry University ; College of Global Change and Earth System Science (GCESS) ; Beijing Normal University (BNU) ; Department of Geography, Justus-Liebig- University ; Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen = Justus Liebig University (JLU) ; Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research ; Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing (CAS) ; East China Normal University Shangaï (ECNU) ; Arctic Centre University of Lapland ; University of Lapland ; Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Branch (CAS) ; Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment ; Chinese Academy of Forestry ; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) ; Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; (ICOS-ATC), ICOS-ATC ; Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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| Zeitschrift: | ISSN: 1748-9326 ; Environmental Research Letters ; https://hal.science/hal-02844113 ; Environmental Research Letters, 2020, 15 (5), pp.054011. ⟨10.1088/1748-9326/ab7b9b⟩, 2020 |
| Veröffentlichung: | HAL CCSD ; IOP Publishing, 2020 |
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| ISSN: | 1748-9326 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab7b9b |
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