Drought-Affected Populus simonii Carr. Show Lower Growth and Long-Term Increases in Intrinsic Water-Use Efficiency Prior to Tree Mortality
The Three-North Shelter Forest (TNSF) is a critical ecological barrier against sandstorms in northern China, but has shown extensive decline and death in Populus simonii Carr. in the last decade. We investigated the characteristics—tree-ring width, basal area increment (BAI), carbon isotop...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-09-01
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Series: | Forests |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/9/564 |