On the 'divergence problem'in northern forests: a review of the tree-ring evidence and possible causes

R D'Arrigo, R Wilson, B Liepert, P Cherubini - Global and planetary change, 2008 - Elsevier
An anomalous reduction in forest growth indices and temperature sensitivity has been
detected in tree-ring width and density records from many circumpolar northern latitude sites …

High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects

PD Jones, KR Briffa, TJ Osborn, JM Lough… - The …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
This review of late-Holocene palaeoclimatology represents the results from a
PAGES/CLIVAR Intersection Panel meeting that took place in June 2006. The review is in …

Climate warming will reduce growth and survival of Scots pine except in the far north

PB Reich, J Oleksyn - Ecology letters, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Tree growth and survival were assessed in 283 populations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris
L.) originating from a broad geographic range and grown at 90 common‐garden …

Torneträsk tree-ring width and density ad 500–2004: a test of climatic sensitivity and a new 1500-year reconstruction of north Fennoscandian summers

H Grudd - Climate dynamics, 2008 - Springer
This paper presents updated tree-ring width (TRW) and maximum density (MXD) from
Torneträsk in northern Sweden, now covering the period ad 500–2004. By including data …

Responses of the circumpolar boreal forest to 20th century climate variability

AH Lloyd, AG Bunn - Environmental research letters, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We examined relationships between tree ring-width and climate at 232 sites around the
circumpolar boreal forest to explore variability in two types of response to temperature: a …

A matter of divergence: tracking recent warming at hemispheric scales using tree ring data

R Wilson, R D'Arrigo, B Buckley… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
No current tree ring (TR) based reconstruction of extratropical Northern Hemisphere (ENH)
temperatures that extends into the 1990s captures the full range of late 20th century …

Testing for tree‐ring divergence in the European Alps

ULF Büntgen, D Frank, ROB Wilson… - Global Change …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence for reduced sensitivity of tree growth to temperature has been reported from
multiple forests along the high northern latitudes. This alleged circumpolar phenomenon …

A latitudinal gradient in tree growth response to climate warming in the Siberian taiga

AH Lloyd, AG Bunn, L Berner - Global Change Biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the climate response of three Siberian taiga species, Larix cajanderi, Picea
obovata, and Pinus sylvestris, across a latitudinal gradient in central Siberia. We …

Spatial and temporal patterns of the sensitivity of radial growth response by Picea schrenkiana to regional climate change in the Tianshan Mountains

Z Peng, Y Zhang, L Zhu, M Guo, Q Lu, K Xu… - Journal of Forestry …, 2023 - Springer
Climate change significantly impacts forest ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions.
However, spatiotemporal patterns of climate-sensitive changes in individual tree growth …

Assessing the effects of earlier snow melt-out on alpine shrub growth: the sooner the better?

L Francon, C Corona, I Till-Bottraud, P Choler… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Enhanced shrub growth in a warming alpine climate has potential far-reaching implications,
including soil nutrient cycling, carbon storage, or water and surface energy exchanges …