Growth and physiological responses of larch trees to climate changes deduced from tree-ring widths and δ13C at two forest sites in eastern Siberia

Polar Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-195

  Tei, Shunsuke ^a,b   Sugimoto, Atsuko ^a   Yonenobu, Hitoshi ^c   Ohta, Takeshi ^d   Maximov, Trofim C ^e,f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CRYOLITHOZONE   (Russian Federation)

^f NORTH EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Eastern Siberia; Taiga; Tree ring; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SIBERIA;

LARIX;

EID: 84901616079     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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