The Spatially Inhomogeneous Influence of Snow on the Radial Growth of Schrenk Spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.) in the Ili-Balkhash Basin, Central Asia
Qin L. Bolatov K. Yuan Y. Shang H. Yu S. Zhang T. Bagila M. Bolatova A. Zhang R.
January 2022MDPI
Forests
2022#13Issue 1
Snow has an important impact on forest ecosystems in mountainous areas. In this study, we developed 14 tree-ring-width chronologies of Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.) for the Ili-Balkhash Basin (IBB), Central Asia. We analyzed the response of radial growth to temperature, precipitation and snow parameters. The results show that previous winter and current summer precipitation have an important influence on the radial growth of P. schrenkiana. Further, we find spatially inhomogeneous effects of snow on subsequent growing-season tree growth in IBB. The radial growth response of P. schrenkiana to snow shows a weak–strong–weak trend from west to east across the Ili-Balkhash Basin. This spatial difference is mainly related to precipitation, as snow has little effect on tree growth in regions that receive more precipitation. Thus, winter snow has an important influence on the radial growth of trees in regions that receive limited amounts of precipitation.
Climate change , Ili-Balkhash Basin , Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.) , Snow , Tree-ring
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Key Laboratory of Tree-Ring Physical and Chemical Research of China Meteorological Administration, Key Laboratory of Tree-Ring Ecology of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, 830002, China
Meteorology and Hydrology Department, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050050, Kazakhstan
Almaty Branch of Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Forestry, Ministries of Agriculture, Almaty, 050050, Kazakhstan
Key Laboratory of Tree-Ring Physical and Chemical Research of China Meteorological Administration
Meteorology and Hydrology Department
Almaty Branch of Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Forestry
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