Rising utilization of stable isotopes in tree rings for climate change and forest ecology

R Huang, C Xu, J Grießinger, X Feng, H Zhu… - Journal of Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Analyses of stable isotopes (C, O, H) in tree rings are increasingly important cross-
disciplinary programs. The rapid development in this field documented in an increasing …

Different climate sensitivity for radial growth, but uniform for tree-ring stable isotopes along an aridity gradient in Polylepis tarapacana, the world's highest elevation …

M Rodriguez-Caton, L Andreu-Hayles… - Tree …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Tree growth is generally considered to be temperature limited at upper elevation treelines,
yet climate factors controlling tree growth at semiarid treelines are poorly understood. We …

Unexpected climate variability inferred from a 380-year tree-ring earlywood oxygen isotope record in the Karakoram, Northern Pakistan

H Zhu, R Huang, F Asad, E Liang, A Bräuning… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
To provide a long-term context for understanding the “Karakoram Anomaly” in recent glacier
studies, we originally aimed to develop an annually resolved multi-century winter–spring …

Quantitative relative humidity reconstruction combining tree-ring with ice core oxygen isotope records

Y Wu, C Hu, Z Hu, Y Liu, A Bräuning - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the driest regions in the Asia, the ecological conditions in Northwest China are
very fragile. Although relative humidity (RH) plays a vital role in the environment, the lack of …

Enhanced variability and declining trend of soil moisture since the 1880s on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

L Wang, H Liu, J Grießinger, D Chen… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Historical soil moisture (SM) variations, trends, and their driving factors remain scarce for the
area of Tibetan Plateau (TP), which hinders putting a sensible assessment of the current and …

Stable isotopes reveal differences in climate sensitivity and physiological responses between dieback and healthy trees in a shelter forest

SJ Sun, J Zhang, C Yin, C Guan, L Zhang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tree-ring stable isotopes provide insights into the drought-induced eco-physiological
mechanisms of forests. We investigated the growth of poplar and Mongolian pine trees …

Hydroclimatic seasonality recorded by tree ring δ18O signature across a Himalayan altitudinal transect

CF Brunello, C Andermann, G Helle, F Comiti… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water stable isotope ratios of tropical precipitation predominantly reflect moisture source
and precipitation intensity. Trees can incorporate the isotopic signals into annual tree-ring …

Tree-ring δ18O climate signals vary among tree functional types in South Asian tropical moist forests

M Islam, M Rahman, A Gebrekirstos… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
We present the first annually resolved and statistically reliable tree-ring δ 18 O (δ 18 OT)
chronologies for the three South Asian tropical moist forest tree species (Chukrasia tabularis …

Drought, temperature, and moisture availability: understanding the drivers of isotopic decoupling in native pine species of the Nepalese Himalaya

S Aryal, J Grießinger, NP Gaire, T Bhattarai… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The Himalayas experienced long-term climate changes and recent extreme weather events
that affected plant growth and the physiology of tree species at high-elevation sites. This …

[HTML][HTML] Central Himalayan tree-ring isotopes reveal increasing regional heterogeneity and enhancement in ice mass loss since the 1960s

N Singh, M Shekhar, J Singh, AK Gupta… - The …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Tree-ring δ 18 O values are a sensitive proxy for regional physical climate, while their δ 13 C
values are a strong predictor of local ecohydrology. Utilizing available ice-core and tree-ring …