Plant phenology changes and drivers on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

M Shen, S Wang, N Jiang, J Sun, R Cao… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The ongoing phenological changes in vegetation on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau could
modify land surface and atmospheric processes. In this Review, we summarize these …

On tree longevity

G Piovesan, F Biondi - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large, majestic trees are iconic symbols of great age among living organisms. Published
evidence suggests that trees do not die because of genetically programmed senescence in …

An earlier start of the thermal growing season enhances tree growth in cold humid areas but not in dry areas

S Gao, E Liang, R Liu, F Babst, JJ Camarero… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Climatic warming alters the onset, duration and cessation of the vegetative season. While
previous studies have shown a tight link between thermal conditions and leaf phenology …

Why trees grow at night

R Zweifel, F Sterck, S Braun, N Buchmann… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The timing of diel stem growth of mature forest trees is still largely unknown, as empirical
data with high temporal resolution have not been available so far. Consequently, the effects …

Warm springs alter timing but not total growth of temperate deciduous trees

C Dow, AY Kim, L D'Orangeville, EB Gonzalez-Akre… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
As the climate changes, warmer spring temperatures are causing earlier leaf-out,–and
commencement of CO2 uptake, in temperate deciduous forests, resulting in a tendency …

Drought impacts on tree carbon sequestration and water use–evidence from intra‐annual tree‐ring characteristics

E Martínez‐Sancho, K Treydte, MM Lehmann… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of climate extremes on forest ecosystems is poorly understood but important for
predicting carbon and water cycle feedbacks to climate. Some knowledge gaps still remain …

A critical thermal transition driving spring phenology of Northern Hemisphere conifers

JG Huang, Y Zhang, M Wang, X Yu… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite growing interest in predicting plant phenological shifts, advanced spring phenology
by global climate change remains debated. Evidence documenting either small or large …

Number of growth days and not length of the growth period determines radial stem growth of temperate trees

S Etzold, F Sterck, AK Bose, S Braun… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radial stem growth dynamics at seasonal resolution are essential to understand how forests
respond to climate change. We studied daily radial growth of 160 individuals of seven …

Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale

R Silvestro, M Mencuccini, R García-Valdés… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As major terrestrial carbon sinks, forests play an important role in mitigating climate change.
The relationship between the seasonal uptake of carbon and its allocation to woody …

Diel and seasonal stem growth responses to climatic variation are consistent across species in a subtropical tree community

B Zhou, F Sterck, B Kruijt, ZX Fan… - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how intra‐annual stem growth responds to atmospheric and soil conditions
is essential for assessing the effects of climate extremes on forest productivity. In species …