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      Bioclimate and growth history affect beech lifespan in the Italian Alps and Apennines

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      Global Change Biology
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          The Little Ice Age

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            Reduced growth of Alaskan white spruce in the twentieth century from temperature-induced drought stress.

            The extension of growing season at high northern latitudes seems increasingly clear from satellite observations of vegetation extent and duration. This extension is also thought to explain the observed increase in amplitude of seasonal variations in atmospheric CO2 concentration. Increased plant respiration and photosynthesis both correlate well with increases in temperature this century and are therefore the most probable link between the vegetation and CO2 observations. From these observations, it has been suggested that increases in temperature have stimulated carbon uptake in high latitudes and for the boreal forest system as a whole. Here we present multi-proxy tree-ring data (ring width, maximum late-wood density and carbon-isotope composition) from 20 productive stands of white spruce in the interior of Alaska. The tree-ring records show a strong and consistent relationship over the past 90 years and indicate that, in contrast with earlier predictions, radial growth has decreased with increasing temperature. Our data show that temperature-induced drought stress has disproportionately affected the most rapidly growing white spruce, suggesting that, under recent climate warming, drought may have been an important factor limiting carbon uptake in a large portion of the North American boreal forest. If this limitation in growth due to drought stress is sustained, the future capacity of northern latitudes to sequester carbon may be less than currently expected.
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              Linking the global carbon cycle to individual metabolism

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                Journal
                Global Change Biology
                Glob Change Biol
                Wiley-Blackwell
                13541013
                March 2012
                March 2012
                : 18
                : 3
                : 960-972
                Article
                10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02617.x
                08642cd5-14cd-4c2e-a522-d7b68790d0e2
                © 2012

                http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1

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