Trends in tree growth and intrinsic water-use efficiency in the tropics under elevated CO2 and climate change

M Rahman, M Islam, A Gebrekirstos, A Bräuning - Trees, 2019 - Springer
Key message Increasing water-use efficiency, due to rising atmospheric CO 2, did not
stimulate radial growth in tropical trees, probably because negative impacts of changing …

A 120-year seasonally resolved speleothem record of precipitation seasonality from southeastern China

J Lu, H Zhang, H Li, L Sha, J Zhao, Y Li, J Wang… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Speleothem oxygen isotope (δ 18 O s) record as a climatic proxy in southeastern China is
still in debate due to multifaceted influencing factors, a modern δ 18 O s record, which can …

Multidecadal records of intrinsic water-use efficiency in the desert shrub Encelia farinosa reveal strong responses to climate change

AW Driscoll, NQ Bitter, DR Sandquist… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
While tree rings have enabled interannual examination of the influence of climate on trees,
this is not possible for most shrubs. Here, we leverage a multidecadal record of annual foliar …

Tree radial growth is projected to decline in South Asian moist forest trees under climate change

M Rahman, M Islam, A Braeuning - Global and planetary change, 2018 - Elsevier
Global climate change has been reported to affect tree growth around the world and such
impacts are predicted to be intensified under future climate change particularly in the tropics …

[HTML][HTML] Responses of radial growth of Pinus massoniana and Castanopsis eyrei to climate change at different elevations in south China

M **g, L Zhu, P Cherubini, D Yuan, Z Li, X Wang… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid warming and increasing drought intensity are exposing forest ecosystems to
increasing stress, challenging silvicultural decision-making. Tree growth-climate …

[HTML][HTML] The longevity of fruit trees in Basilicata (Southern Italy): Implications for agricultural biodiversity conservation

J Palli, M Baliva, F Biondi, L Calcagnile, D Cerbino… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the Mediterranean basin, agriculture and other forms of human land use have shaped the
environment since ancient times. Intensive and extensive agricultural systems managed with …

Insights into the BRT (Boosted Regression Trees) method in the study of the climate-growth relationship of Masson pine in subtropical China

H Gu, J Wang, L Ma, Z Shang, Q Zhang - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dendroclimatology and dendroecology have entered mainstream dendrochronology
research in subtropical and tropical areas. Our study focused on the use of the chronology …

Quantification of soil erosion dynamics in the hilly red soil region of Southeast China based on exposed roots

D Zhang, F Zhou, K Fang, N Davi, Z Chen, F Wang… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
The hilly red soil region (HRSR) of southeastern China is one of the most eroded areas in
China. However, the knowledge on regional erosion dynamics and climate drivers still …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating CO2 effects on semi-empirical and empirical stomatal conductance simulation in land surface models

N Chitsaz, H Guan, M Shanafield, O Batelaan - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Ongoing changes in climate and carbon dioxide (C s) in the atmosphere have profound
effects on plant transpiration and, consequently, on the water balance. Land surface models …

Disentangling the effects of atmospheric CO2 and climate on intrinsic water-use efficiency in South Asian tropical moist forest trees

M Rahman, M Islam, A Gebrekirstos… - Tree …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Due to the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, the ratio of carbon fixed by
assimilation to water lost by transpiration through stomatal conductance (intrinsic water-use …