Radial Growth Response of Picea crassifolia to Climatic Conditions in a Dryland Forest Ecosystem in Northwest China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Meteorological Data
2.3. Tree-Ring Data
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Statistical Parameters of the Chronologies
3.2. Growth–Climate Relationship
3.3. Multiple Regression and Relative Contributions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Site | HL1 | HL2 | HL3 | LS1 | LS2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HL1 | 1 | 0.867165 | 0.871953 | 0.242871 | 0.276868 |
HL2 | 1 | 0.801229 | 0.272293 | 0.303752 | |
HL3 | 1 | 0.277903 | 0.326476 | ||
LS1 | 1 | 0.764179 | |||
LS2 | 1 |
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Site Information | Common Period Analysis | ||||||||
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Site | Lat. (E) | Lon. (N) | Ele. (m) | Trees/Cores | Time Span | AR1 | Rbar | EPS | SNR |
HL1 | 38°46′56″ | 105°54′06″ | 2608 | 13/23 | 1860–2018 | 0.428 | 0.688 | 0.972 | 34.648 |
HL2 | 38°46′26″ | 105°54′07″ | 2660 | 9/18 | 1917–2018 | 0.781 | 0.735 | 0.984 | 31.1397 |
HL3 | 38°46′25″ | 105°54′03″ | 2920 | 18/32 | 1885–2018 | 0.638 | 0.737 | 0.969 | 62.66 |
LS1 | 37°18′00″ | 106°16′02″ | 2479 | 16/29 | 1944–2018 | 0.710 | 0.595 | 0.96 | 23.82 |
LS2 | 37°19′48″ | 106°16′02″ | 2497 | 20/40 | 1894–2018 | 0.600 | 0.54 | 0.966 | 28.237 |
HL | - | - | - | 40/73 | 1860–2018 | 0.633 | 0.66 | 0.989 | 93.085 |
LS | - | - | - | 36/69 | 1894–2018 | 0.646 | 0.509 | 0.976 | 41.086 |
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Liang, H.; Jiang, S.; Muhammad, A.; Kang, J.; Zhu, H.; Li, X.; Chen, L.; Zhu, L.; Huang, J.-G. Radial Growth Response of Picea crassifolia to Climatic Conditions in a Dryland Forest Ecosystem in Northwest China. Forests 2021, 12, 1382. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101382
Liang H, Jiang S, Muhammad A, Kang J, Zhu H, Li X, Chen L, Zhu L, Huang J-G. Radial Growth Response of Picea crassifolia to Climatic Conditions in a Dryland Forest Ecosystem in Northwest China. Forests. 2021; 12(10):1382. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101382
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiang, Hanxue, Shaowei Jiang, Ali Muhammad, Jian Kang, Huoxing Zhu, Xuebin Li, Lin Chen, Liangjun Zhu, and Jian-Guo Huang. 2021. "Radial Growth Response of Picea crassifolia to Climatic Conditions in a Dryland Forest Ecosystem in Northwest China" Forests 12, no. 10: 1382. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101382
APA StyleLiang, H., Jiang, S., Muhammad, A., Kang, J., Zhu, H., Li, X., Chen, L., Zhu, L., & Huang, J.-G. (2021). Radial Growth Response of Picea crassifolia to Climatic Conditions in a Dryland Forest Ecosystem in Northwest China. Forests, 12(10), 1382. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101382