摘要
Background Tree rings play an important role in reconstructing past climate.Growth diferences among individual trees due to microclimatic conditions and local disturbances are averaged in developing tree-ring chronologies.Here,we addressed the problem of averaging by investigating growth synchrony in individual trees.We used tree-ring data of 1046 juniper trees from 32 sites on the Tibetan Plateau and 538 pine trees from 20 sites in the subtropical region of eastern China and calculated the tree-growth synchrony index(TGS).Results Our results showed that both the TGS index and tree-ring index could be indicators of interannual variation of climatic factors.The TGS index identifed 20%more climatic extremes than tree-ring index over the last 50 years that high synchrony indicates extreme climate forcing in controlling forest growth.Conclusions The TGS index can identify extreme climatic events efectively than tree-ring index.This study provides a novel perspective for climate reconstruction,especially in the realm of tree growth response to extreme climate.Our fndings contribute to understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics and the causes of historical climate extremes and provide guidance for protecting trees from climate extremes in the future.
基金
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.32271886 and 32271672)
the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientifc Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(Grant No.2019QZKK0301)
the Qinghai Provincial Forestry and Grassland Administration(project code QHXH-2021-022/Package 2).
