| Ring-widths of the above tree-line shrub Rhododendron reveal the change of minimum winter temperature over the past 211 years in Southwestern China | |
| Bi, YF (Bi, Yingfeng)1,2,3,4; Xu, JC (Xu, Jianchu)1,2,4,5; Yang, JC (Yang, Jinchao)6; Li, ZS (Li, Zongshan)7; Gebrekirstos, A (Gebrekirstos, Aster)8; Liang, EY (Liang, Eryuan)9; Zhang, SB (Zhang, Shibao)2,4; Yang, Y (Yang, Yang)1; Yang, YP (Yang, Yongping)1; Yang, XF (Yang, Xuefei)1,2,4,10; Yang, XF | |
| Source Publication | CLIMATE DYNAMICS
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| 2017 | |
| Volume | 48Issue:11Pages:3919-3933 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00382-016-3311-4 |
| Abstract | Changes in minimum winter temperature (MWT) and their potential effects on plant growth and development have been gaining increased scientific attention. To better understand these changes across long temporal scales, the present study used dendroclimatological techniques to assess variations in MWT in Southwestern China. Using data from Rhododendron species distributed in areas above the tree-line, a regional composite chronology was generated for a 341-year period. Based on the significant negative correlation between MWT values and ring-width, the most reliable parts of this chronological data were then used to reconstruct MWT values for the past 211 years. This reconstructed MWT series showed decadal to multi-decadal fluctuations. Three distinct cold periods prevailed during 1823-1858, 1882-1891 and 1922-1965, while four warm intervals occurred in 1800-1822, 1858-1881, 1892-1921 and 1966-2011. Our reconstructed MWT reveals a warming trend over the most recent eight decades, which is in agreement with instrumental observations. However, the MWT values and rate of warming over the past seven decades did not exceed those found in the reconstructed temperature data for the past 211 years. Spatial correlations reveal that the MWT in Southwest China is strongly associated with regional temperatures in the Eastern and Central Himalaya, Northern China, and the Indian Peninsula. Larger scale climate oscillations of the Western Pacific and Northern Indian Ocean as well as the North Atlantic Oscillation probably influenced the region's temperature in the past. |
| Subject Area | 植物学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000402122200028 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION CENTRAL HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS CLIMATE-CHANGE DROUGHT RECONSTRUCTION PINUS-TABULAEFORMIS TEMPORAL TRENDS BETULA-ERMANII GROWTH VARIABILITY |
| WOS Research Area | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| WOS Subject | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/8226 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Yang, XF |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China. 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Econ Plants & Biotechnol, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China. 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China. 4.Yunnan Key Lab Wild Plant Resources, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China. 5.World Agroforestry Ctr ICRAF, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China. 6.Southwest Forestry Univ, Kunming 650224, Peoples R China. 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Urban & Reg Ecol, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China. 8.World Agroforestry Ctr ICRAF, UN Ave, Nairobi 00100, Kenya. 9.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 10.Chinese Acad Sci, Southeast Asia Biodivers Res Inst, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Bi, YF ,Xu, JC ,Yang, JC ,et al. Ring-widths of the above tree-line shrub Rhododendron reveal the change of minimum winter temperature over the past 211 years in Southwestern China[J]. CLIMATE DYNAMICS,2017,48(11):3919-3933. |
| APA | Bi, YF .,Xu, JC .,Yang, JC .,Li, ZS .,Gebrekirstos, A .,...&Yang, XF.(2017).Ring-widths of the above tree-line shrub Rhododendron reveal the change of minimum winter temperature over the past 211 years in Southwestern China.CLIMATE DYNAMICS,48(11),3919-3933. |
| MLA | Bi, YF ,et al."Ring-widths of the above tree-line shrub Rhododendron reveal the change of minimum winter temperature over the past 211 years in Southwestern China".CLIMATE DYNAMICS 48.11(2017):3919-3933. |
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