Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in response to climate warming

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2016

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514717113

Ключевые слова: tree rings, spatial synchrony, global warming, boreal forests, Mediterranean forests, Article, carbon balance, climate change, conifer, dendrochronology, forest, forest stand, global change, greenhouse effect, growing season, land biome, low temperature, nutrient availability, photosynthesis, plant water use, priority journal, Russian Federation, taiga, tree growth, water availability

Аннотация: Forests play a key role in the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems. One of the main uncertainties in global change predictions lies in how the spatiotemporal dynamics of forest productivity will be affected by climate warming. Here we show an increasing influence of climate on the spatial variability of tree growth during the Показать полностьюlast 120 y, ultimately leading to unprecedented temporal coherence in ring-width records over wide geographical scales (spatial synchrony). Synchrony in growth patterns across cold-constrained (central Siberia) and drought-constrained (Spain) Eurasian conifer forests have peaked in the early 21st century at subcontinental scales (similar to 1,000 km). Such enhanced synchrony is similar to that observed in trees co-occurring within a stand. In boreal forests, the combined effects of recent warming and increasing intensity of climate extremes are enhancing synchrony through an earlier start of wood formation and a stronger impact of year-to-year fluctuations of growing-season temperatures on growth. In Mediterranean forests, the impact of warming on synchrony is related mainly to an advanced onset of growth and the strengthening of drought-induced growth limitations. Spatial patterns of enhanced synchrony represent early warning signals of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems at subcontinental scales.

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Журнал: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 113, Is. 3

Номера страниц: 662-667

ISSN журнала: 00278424

Место издания: WASHINGTON

Издатель: NATL ACAD SCIENCES

Персоны

  • Shestakova Tatiana A. (Univ Barcelona, Dept Ecol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain)
  • Gutierrez Emilia (Univ Barcelona, Dept Ecol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain)
  • Kirdyanov Alexander V. (Sukachev Inst Forest, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia; Siberian Fed Univ, Math Methods & IT Dept, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia)
  • Julio Camarero Jesus (Pyrenean Inst Ecol, E-50059 Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Genova Mar (Tech Univ Madrid, Dept Nat Syst & Resources, E-28040 Madrid, Spain)
  • Knorre Anastasia A. (Sukachev Inst Forest, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia)
  • Carlos Linares Juan (Pablo de Olavide Univ, Dept Phys Chem & Nat Syst, E-41013 Seville, Spain)
  • Resco de Dios Victor (Univ Lleida, Dept Crop & Forest Sci, E-25198 Lleida, Spain; Univ Lleida, Agrotecnio Ctr, E-25198 Lleida, Spain)
  • Sanchez-Salguero Raul (Pablo de Olavide Univ, Dept Phys Chem & Nat Syst, E-41013 Seville, Spain)
  • Voltas Jordi (Univ Lleida, Dept Crop & Forest Sci, E-25198 Lleida, Spain; Univ Lleida, Agrotecnio Ctr, E-25198 Lleida, Spain)