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Growth-climate relationships and long-term growth trends of the tropical forest tree choerospondias axillaris (Anacardiaceous) in east-central Thailand
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Growth-climate relationships and long-term growth trends of the tropical forest tree choerospondias axillaris (Anacardiaceous) in east-central Thailand
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Surayothee W.,Buajan S.,Fu P.,Pumijumnong N.,Fan Z.,Panthi S.,Finnegan P.M.,Zhang Y.,Chen Y.,Tor-Ngern P.,Chanthorn W.,Nathalang A.,Brockelman W.Y.
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CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand; Ailaoshan Station of Subtropical Forest Ecosystem Studies, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pu’er, 676209, China; Center for Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, China; School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, United States; Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; Water Science and Technology and Sustainable Environment Research Group, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; Environment, Health and Social Data Analytics Research Group, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; Department of Environmental Technology and Management, Faculty of Environment, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand; National Biobank of Thailand, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani12120, Thailand; Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Phutthamonthon 4 Road, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand
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Article
Source Title
Forests
ISSN
19994907
Year
2021
Volume
12
Issue
12
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All Open Access, Gold
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MDPI
DOI
10.3390/f12121655
Abstract
Tropical forests play important roles in global carbon cycling. Tree-ring analysis can provide important information for understanding long-term trends in carbon-fixation capacity under climate change. However, tree-ring studies in tropical regions are limited. We carried out a tree-ring analysis to investigate the dendrochronological potential of the tropical forest tree Choerospondias axillaris (Anacardiaceae) in east-central Thailand. Our study focused on growth-climate relationships and long-term growth trends. A chronology was constructed covering the period from 1932 to 2019. The tree-ring width index of C. axillaris was positively correlated with precipitation in June, July, and October. Furthermore, growth of C. axillaris was positively correlated with the Standard-ized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) from July to October, indicating that growth of C. axillaris is mainly limited by moisture availability in the late monsoon season. Moving correlation analysis further revealed the consistency and temporal stability of the relationship of tree growth with monsoon season precipitation and SPEI during the period under study. There was a significant increasing trend in long-term growth from 1932 to 2002 (slope = 0.017, p < 0.001); however, long-term growth decreased from 2003 to 2019 (slope = −0.014, p < 0.001). Our study provides important insight into the growth-climate correlations of a broad-leaved tree species in a dry evergreen forest in tropical Asia. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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