Chronology Development and Climate Response Analysis of Schrenk Spruce (Picea Schrenkiana) Tree-Ring Parameters in the Urumqi River Basin, China

Chen, Feng; Yuan, Yanbin; Wang, Wei; Yu, Shulong; Li, Yang; Zhang, Ruibo; Zhang, Tongwen; Shang, Huaming

doi:10.2478/v10003-010-0014-4

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“…Taken together, the volcanic eruptions may have affected a large area in southwest China. Warming in the 20 th century has been observed in treering reconstructions of temperature from widespread regions of Eurasia (Jacoby et al 1996;Briffa et al 2002;Gou et al 2007;Büntgen et al 2008;Chen et al 2010). Based on instrument data and other proxies, Wang et al (2004) showed that temperature anomalies during the period 1920 -1950 are noticeably positive over China throughout the last century.…”

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“…Furthermore, large-scale climate variations have also been successfully reconstructed (Jones et al 1998;Mann et al 1999;Briffa 2001;Esper et al 2002;Moberg et al 2005;D'Arrigo et al 2006). Trees growing close to the high altitudinal or latitudinal treeline respond to temperatures; several temperature reconstructions at high altitude have been made using tree-ring data from the Northern Hemisphere (Cook et al 2003;Esper et al 2003;Bräuning and Mantwill 2004;Büntgen et al 2008;Fan et al 2009;Wang et al 2009;Chen et al 2010).…”

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Temperature Signals in Tree-Ring Width Chronologies of Alpine Treeline Conifers from the Baishui River Nature Reserve, China

Wang¹,

Chen²,

Yuan³

et al. 2013

Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci.

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Numerous dendro-climatic reconstructions have been developed for China, but there are still regions with limited data of this type. One region is the Qinling Mountains which is characterized by complex interactions between the mountains and climate. Presently, the subalpine region of the Qinling Mountains is covered by widespread forests and has great potential for dendroclimatological studies. Here we developed tree-ring width chronologies from two fir (Abies faxoniana) and one spruce (Picea brachytyla) sites in the Baishui River Nature Reserve, the western region of the Qinling Mountains, China. Climate response analysis reveals that radial growth of the fir site (TLD) is mainly controlled by temperature variations. The TLD chronology accounts for 32.7% of February -June temperature variance during the period 1959 -2006. Using a linear regression approach, we reconstructed the February -June temperature of Wen County for the past 252 years. The cool periods are identified for AD 1795 -1800, 1812 -1827, 1881 -1888, 1895 -1902, 1916 -1929, 1967 -1972 and 1978-1995. Warm conditions prevailed during AD 1783 -1794, 1801 -1811, 1828 -1856, 1867 -1880, 1889 -1894, 1903 -1915 and 1930 -1966. Wavelet analysis reveals the existence of some cycles (2.0 -3. 4, 5.7, 10.0 and 19.3 years). Spatial correlation analysis shows that the temperature reconstruction captures regional climatic variations over Central and Southwest China. The moving t-test indicated an abrupt warming change of our reconstruction occurred during the past 20 years. Overall, our study indicates the feasibility of combining tree-rings and the temperature to reconstruct large-scale temperature patterns over this area.

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Temperature Signals in Tree-Ring Width Chronologies of Alpine Treeline Conifers from the Baishui River Nature Reserve, China

Wang¹,

Chen²,

Yuan³

et al. 2013

Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci.

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“…The relationships between tree-ring indices and the climatic data were analyzed using the program DENDROCLIM2002 (Biondi and Waikul 2004). As the growth of tree may be affected not only by the climatic conditions of the current growing season but also by those of the previous growing season (Fritts 1976;Chen et al 2010), both the previous and the current growing seasons were included in the climate response analysis. The climate data used for the analysis included monthly mean temperature and total monthly precipitation over a span of 15 months (previous July to current September).…”

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Climatic response of ring width and maximum latewood density of Larix sibirica in the Altay Mountains, reveals recent warming trends

Chen

Yuan

Wang

et al. 2012

Annals of Forest Science

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& Introduction Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) is a highly climate sensitive species. Presently, the Altay Mountains is covered by widespread forests dominated by Siberian larch and thus has a great potential for dendroclimatological studies. However, tree-ring network of the Altay Mountains has not yet been well developed. The development of the new chronologies and the knowledge about the influence of climatic variables on tree growth is needed. & Method X-ray densitometric techniques were applied to obtain ring width (RW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) of Siberian larch from two upper tree line sites in the Altay Mountains, China. Climatic responses in ring widths and maximum latewood densities from the Altay Mountains (China, Russia, and Mongolia) were investigated by simple correlation analyses. To assess the common growth forces among the individual sites of the Altay Mountains, simple correlation, principal component analyses, and spatial correlation analysis were applied over the common period of the chronologies. & Results Ring width and maximum latewood density increases with decreasing precipitation, increasing temperature from late spring to late summer during the growing season. Based on the results of principal component analyses and spatial correlation analysis, summer temperature (June-July) is the most important forces on the Siberian larch growth of the Altay Mountains. The growth of Siberian larch in the Altay Mountains captures the current warming trend. The growth of Siberian larch did not clearly lose its sensitivity under most recent warming in our study areas. & Conclusions The new MXD chronologies is presently the longest, absolutely dated, tree-ring density record yet developed from China. The climate response analysis shows that the RW and MXD of Siberian larch have strong responses to temperature in the growing season. Thus, MXD and RW of Siberian larch provides the best information for climate reconstruction in the warm season. Tree-rings of Siberian larch allow detecting the recently observed warming trend and putting it into the long-term climatic context in the Altay Mountains, due to the strong growth sensitivity to temperature change.

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“…Touchan et al, 2005;Touchan et al, 2007;Akkemik et al, 2008;Köse et al, 2011;Köse et al, 2013), in central Asia (e.g. Yuan & Li, 1999;Yuan et al, 2001;Esper et al, 2002;Yuan et al, 2003;Chen et al, 2009;Chen et al, 2010), in the southern Urals (Agafonov & Kukarskikh, 2008) and in Siberia (Rigling et al, 2001;Babushkina et al, 2015;Shah et al, 2015).…”

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Tree-ring chronologies of Pinus sylvestris from Burabai Region (Kazakhstan) and their response to climate change

Kopabayeva¹,

Mazarzhanova²,

Köse³

et al. 2017

Dendrobiology

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Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine) is the main forest tree species in Burabai National Park. Trees here grow under continental climate conditions. There are no dendroclimatological studies based on Scots pine of this region. The purpose of this study was to find the relationships between tree-ring widths and climate. For this purpose, a total of 176 cores from 100 Scots pine trees were collected. After measuring tree-ring widths, standard chronology building methods were used, and three site chronologies were constructed. Correlation coefficients between tree-ring widths with temperature and precipitation were calculated. Precipitation from October of the previous year to July of current year had a positive influence on tree-ring widths and August-September precipitation have the opposite effect. Temperature in the winter had positive effect for tree-ring growth but significantly negative during summer. Effects of climate changes on tree-ring widths were observed. The variation and sensitivity of tree-ring widths increased after 1940s. An increasing trend in precipitation, temperature, and tree-ring widths were clearly observed. In conclusion, tree-rings of Scots pine in Burabai are highly sensitive to growing site conditions and are affected by climate changes.

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Chronology Development and Climate Response Analysis of Schrenk Spruce (Picea Schrenkiana) Tree-Ring Parameters in the Urumqi River Basin, China

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Temperature Signals in Tree-Ring Width Chronologies of Alpine Treeline Conifers from the Baishui River Nature Reserve, China

Temperature Signals in Tree-Ring Width Chronologies of Alpine Treeline Conifers from the Baishui River Nature Reserve, China

Climatic response of ring width and maximum latewood density of Larix sibirica in the Altay Mountains, reveals recent warming trends

Tree-ring chronologies of Pinus sylvestris from Burabai Region (Kazakhstan) and their response to climate change

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