Nighttime warming alleviates the incidence of juniper forest growth decline on the Tibetan Plateau

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 782; p. 146924
• Main Authors: Mu, Yu-Mei, Fang, Ouya, Lyu, Lixin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2021
• Subjects: Asymmetric warming; China; climate; Climate change; decline; Dendroecology; environment; equations; Forest growth; High-elevation forests; Juniperus; night temperature; statistical models; summer; surface temperature; tree growth; China; Climate change; Dendroecology; Asymmetric warming; Forest growth; High-elevation forests

Recent warming over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is approximately twice the global-mean surface temperature increase and poses a threat to the healthy growth of forests. Although many studies have focused on whether recent climate warming has caused forest growth decline on the TP, it remains unclear ho...