Drought-Affected Populus simonii Carr. Show Lower Growth and Long-Term Increases in Intrinsic Water-Use Efficiency Prior to Tree Mortality

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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Main Authors: Shoujia Sun, Lanfen Qiu, Chunxia He, Chunyou Li, Jinsong Zhang, Ping Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
Populus simonii Carr. (poplar)
intrinsic water-use efficiency
tree rings
basal area increment
long-term drought
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/9/564

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