Climatic implications of a 3585-year tree-ring width chronology from the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

X Shao, Y Xu, ZY Yin, E Liang, H Zhu… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this study we develop a tree-ring width chronology of Qilian juniper (Sabina przewalskii
Kom.) in the northeastern Qaidam Basin (northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau), China …

Ranking of tree-ring based temperature reconstructions of the past millennium

J Esper, PJ Krusic, FC Ljungqvist, J Luterbacher… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tree-ring chronologies are widely used to reconstruct high-to low-frequency variations in
growing season temperatures over centuries to millennia. The relevance of these timeseries …

Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau

E Liang, Y Wang, S Piao, X Lu… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The alpine treeline is commonly regarded as being sensitive to climatic warming because
regeneration and growth of trees at treeline generally are limited by low temperature. The …

Rapid warming accelerates tree growth decline in semi‐arid forests of Inner Asia

H Liu, A Park Williams, CD Allen, D Guo… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Forests around the world are subject to risk of high rates of tree growth decline and
increased tree mortality from combinations of climate warming and drought, notably in semi …

Is the growth of birch at the upper timberline in the Himalayas limited by moisture or by temperature?

E Liang, B Dawadi, N Pederson, D Eckstein - Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Birch (Betula) trees and forests are found across much of the temperate and boreal zones of
the Northern Hemisphere. Yet, despite being an ecologically significant genus, it is not well …

[PDF][PDF] 过去2000 年中国气候变化研究的新进展

葛全胜, 郑景云, 郝志新, 张学珍, 方修琦… - ACTA …, 2014 - researchgate.net
回顾过去2000 年中国气候变化的研究历史, 总结了本领域在最近10 年的新成果,
并对未来研究动向进行了展望. 主要内容包括: 代用证据采集, 过去2000 年温度序列重建与冷暖 …

Global warming-related tree growth decline and mortality on the north-eastern Tibetan plateau

E Liang, C Leuschner, C Dulamsuren, B Wagner… - Climatic Change, 2016 - Springer
Semi-arid forests at the limit of their existence close to the Gobi Desert in Inner Asia might be
vulnerable to warming-induced drought stress. Yet, not much is known about the impact of …

Temperature changes over the past 2000 yr in China and comparison with the Northern Hemisphere

Q Ge, Z Hao, J Zheng, X Shao - Climate of the Past, 2013 - cp.copernicus.org
We use principal component regression and partial least squares regression to separately
reconstruct a composite series of temperature variations in China, and associated …

[PDF][PDF] 过去2000 年冷暖变化的基本特征与主要暖期

葛全胜, 刘健, 方修琦, 杨保, 郝志新… - ACTA …, 2013 - researchgate.net
根据近年国内外相关研究结果, 分析了北半球与中国过去2000 年冷暖变化的阶段性,
辨识了百年尺度暖期的起讫年代及其与20 世纪温暖程度的差别. 结果表明:(1) …

Little change in the fir tree‐line position on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau after 200 years of warming

E Liang, Y Wang, D Eckstein, T Luo - New Phytologist, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the world's highest natural tree lines, the Smith fir (Abies georgei var. smithii) tree
line on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau is expected to vary as a function of climate …