期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 848, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157808
关键词
Diurnal temperature ranges; Cloud cover; Tree growth; Plantation; Larch
资金
- Special Project for Local Science and Technology Development Guided by the Central Government of China [226Z6801G]
- Science and Technology Project of Hebei Education Department [BJ2020025]
- Talent Introduction Program in Hebei Agricultural University [YJ201918]
- National Science Foundation [DEB-1741585, HF LTER DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210]
This study investigates the effects of changes in sub-daily temperatures (DTR) and cloud cover on tree growth and drought stress. The results show that reducing DTR benefits tree growth in the absence of severe droughts, while increased cloud cover only benefits tree growth during severe drought periods.
Forests are facing climate changes such as warmer temperatures, accelerated snowmelt, increased drought, as well as changing diurnal temperature ranges (DTR) and cloud cover regimes. How tree growth is influenced by the changes in daily to monthly temperatures and its associations with droughts has been extensively investigated, however, few stud-ies have focused on how changes in sub-daily temperatures i.e., DTR, influence tree growth during drought events. Here, we used a network of Larix principis-rupprechtii tree-ring data from 1989 to 2018, covering most of the distribu-tion of planted larch across North China, to investigate how DTR, cloud cover and their interactions influence the re-lationship between drought stress and tree growth. DTR showed a negative correlation with larch growth in 95 % of sites (rmean = -0.30, significant in 42 % of sites). Cloud cover was positively correlated with growth in 87 % of sites (rmean = 0.13, significant in 5 % of sites). Enhanced tree growth was found at lower DTR in the absence of severe drought. Our findings highlight that in the absence of severe droughts, reduced DTR benefits tree growth, while increased cloud cover tended to benefit tree growth only during severe drought periods. Given how DTR influences drought impacts on tree growth, net tree growth was found to be larger in regions with smaller DTR.
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