Warming-induced unprecedented high-elevation forest growth over the monsoonal Tibetan Plateau

Shi, Chunming; Schneider, Lea; Hu, Yuan; Shen, Miaogen; Sun, Cheng; Xia, Jianyang; Forbes, Bruce C.; Shi, Peili; Zhang, Yuandong; Ciais, Philippe

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab7b9b

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“…Numerous investigations have set out to describe the changes in radial growth of tree species by elevation gradient by means of dendrochronological analyses (Ponocná et al 2016;Lanza et al 2018;Panthi et al 2018, Shi et al 2020. The present study found a relationship between radial growth and elevation in 18 (32.1%) of the dendrochronological studies analyzed.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…The wide variation in the results obtained in the relationship between radial growth and elevation in tree species, as well as the low percentage of studies that found some type of significative association between the two (ࣘ10.7%), is probably a consequence of heterogeneity in environmental conditions and of phenomena related to elevation, e.g. changes in surface soil, atmospheric pressure, temperature, rainfall, or solar radiation (Körner 2007;Shi et al 2020). It may also be that an elevation effect is masked by other variables that were not measured (Vitali et al 2017).…”

Section: Radial Growth-elevationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although some studies suggest that the growth rate of trees has increased during recent decades (Vila et al . 2008; Shi et al . 2020), others find a decrease (Wu et al .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In any case, the direction and intensity of the effects of global warming at the extremes of the elevation distribution gradient of tree species are not yet clear. Although some studies suggest that the growth rate of trees has increased during recent decades (Vila et al 2008;Shi et al 2020), others find a decrease (Wu et al 2015;Jiao et al 2016;Vitali et al 2017). The scarcity of knowledge about elevation limits and the specific local conditions suitable for the optimal growth of tree species increases the uncertainty regarding the effects of climate factors (Yu et al 2011;Fernández-Pérez et al 2019;Sedmáková et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Is There a Response Pattern between Radial Growth of Trees and Elevation Gradient?

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Improving our understanding of the growth dynamics of trees along elevation gradients could help us predict their potential to store carbon and their vulnerability to changes in local and global environmental conditions, such as deforestation and climate change. This study is a review and analysis of the results obtained in recent dendrochronological studies of the effect of elevation and climate (temperature and precipitation) on the radial growth of trees in temperate zones, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere. Only 18 (32.1%) of the 56 studies analyzed found a correlation between radial growth of the trees (total chronologies) and elevation. The analysis of 56 chronologies of 46 tree species included in the 110 works reviewed, showed that only in 28.2% of them the correlation between radial growth versus temperature and precipitation was significant: positive in 3.6%, negative in 2.7%, and positive and negative in 21.8%, depending on the season of the year. The wide variation found in the radial growth response of the trees to elevation gradients may be related to multiple environmental factors at a local or regional scale, but also to the different sampling methods used in the studies. However, a moderate proportion of the studies analyzed (close to 30%) show that temperature and rainfall are related to trends in radial growth in different elevation ranges and regions of the world.

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Section: Radial Growth-elevationsupporting

confidence: 54%

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confidence: 99%

“…Although some studies suggest that the growth rate of trees has increased during recent decades (Vila et al . 2008; Shi et al . 2020), others find a decrease (Wu et al .…”

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Is There a Response Pattern between Radial Growth of Trees and Elevation Gradient?

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“…Our diagnostic model showed that the enhanced photosynthesis is largely stimulated by temperature, radiation absorption and FPAR. Even though associated with declination in summer monsoon rainfall, increased temperature has significantly positive correlation with tree growth ( R 2 = 0.53, p < 0.001) and was found to promote the growth of alpine forests on TP (Shi et al., 2020). Here we show that up to 5% increase in GPP can be attributed to temperature despite the associated declination in soil moisture (Figure 8).…”

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The South Asia Monsoon Break Promotes Grass Growth on the Tibetan Plateau

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Vegetation plays a key eco-physiological role in terrestrial ecosystems, impacting energy and carbon exchange, and the hydrological and biochemical cycles through photosynthesis, water transpiration and nutrient acquisition (Baldocchi et al., 2000; Fang et al., 2007; Gerten et al., 2004). Vegetation processes are primarily driven by climate at both global and regional scales (Gottfried et al., 2012), but can also modify climate through altering both the carbon and energy balance (Brandt et al., 2015; Piao et al., 2015). It is therefore crucial that we understand the relationship between vegetation growth and climate change (Shen et al. 2015b; Theurillat & Guisan, 2001). The Tibetan Plateau (TP), known as the "Third Pole," is the highest and most extensive plateau in the world, with an average altitude of more than 4,000 m above sea level (a.s.l.) and covering an area of approximately 2.5 million km 2. The high-elevation and extremely cold environment make TP highly sensitive to global climate change, which makes it an ideal study area for exploring the response of vegetation growth to climate change (Christensen et al., 2004; Wang et al., 2011). The ground cover changes with temperature and precipitation gradients across TP and more than 60% of the area is grassland. The dominant vegetation changes from alpine steppe in the arid central-western TP to alpine meadow in the semi-humid central-eastern TP (Ye et al., 2013). The response of alpine grassland ecosystems on TP to climate change has received much attention in recent decades. A number of studies have used satellite observations of vegetation greenness (e.g., the normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI) together with modeled primary productivity to detect large scale impacts of inter-annual and decadal climate change on vegetation processes on TP during the growing season (Fu et al., 2018; Shen et al. 2015a). According to some studies, water strongly influences alpine meadow growth, which is concentrated in the central-eastern TP (Sun et al., 2015; Zhang et al. 2018a), but other studies show

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