Tree radial growth-climate relationship in Changbai Mountain, Northeast China.

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201905.039

Abstract

Abstract: Changbai Mountain is one of the hotspots for tree ring research in Northeast China, with a large number of related research results having been published. To clarify the advance of tree ring research in Changbai Mountain and understand the responses of tree radial growth to climate factors, we reviewed the related literature and analyzed the differences among them based on tree species identity, elevation, and detrended methods. The radial growth of trees in Changbai Mountain was generally affected by temperature and precipitation, with greater influence of temperature. The relationship between tree radial growth and climate variables varied across both species and altitudes. Most studies reported that the radial growth of conifers were mainly affected by temperature in early growing season (April-May) and growing season precipitation (June-August). The radial growth of broadleaved trees were mainly affected by the temperature in previous and current growing season, the precipitation in dormancy season (November-March), and the precipitation in the current growing season. The previous September precipitation had significant effects on the radial growth of conifers and broadleaved trees. However, many studies had reported different or even opposite results. Most of the differences in the results of the studies appeared at low and medium altitudes, indicating that the altitudinal location of sampling points had impacts on the results. In addition, the detrended method was also the main cause for the variation of results across different studies. Comparatively, the linear or negative exponential detrended method might increase the effective significance of precipitation, especially the effect of precipitation on tree growth during dormancy period, and also strengthen the effective significance of the temperature at the end of the growing season. This study showed the habitat and the detrended method used in chronology were the main reasons for the difference of results among the studies. Therefore, for tree ring research in Changbai Mountain, the number of sampling sites should be increased and the detrended method should be carefully selected.

Key words: altitude, dendroecology, tree species, detrended method, Changbai Mountain.

HAN Yan-gang, ZHOU Wang-ming, QI Lin, ZHOU Li, ZHONG Qing-lin, DAI Li-min, YU Da-pao. Tree radial growth-climate relationship in Changbai Mountain, Northeast China.[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019, 30(5): 1513-1520.

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