Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests

Tree growth synchrony serves as a valuable ecological indicator of forest resilience to climate stress and disturbances. However, our understanding of how increasing temperature affects tree growth synchrony during rapidly and slowly warming periods in ecosystems with varying climatic conditions rem...

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Autores: Zhu, Liangjun, Yuan, Danyang, Camarero, Jesús Julio, Cooper, David J., Li, Mai He, Liu, Shuguang, Wang, Xiaochun, Cherubini, Paolo
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Data de publicação:2025
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Palavra-chave:Forest resilience
Growth synchrony
Northeast China
Rapid warming
Temperate forest
Tree rings
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spelling Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forestsZhu, LiangjunYuan, DanyangCamarero, Jesús JulioCooper, David J.Li, Mai HeLiu, ShuguangWang, XiaochunCherubini, PaoloForest resilienceGrowth synchronyNortheast ChinaRapid warmingTemperate forestTree ringsTree growth synchrony serves as a valuable ecological indicator of forest resilience to climate stress and disturbances. However, our understanding of how increasing temperature affects tree growth synchrony during rapidly and slowly warming periods in ecosystems with varying climatic conditions remains limited. By using tree-ring data from temperate broadleaf (Fraxinus mandshurica, Phellodendron amurense, Quercus mongolica, and Juglans mandshurica) and Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) mixed forests in northeast China, we investigated the effects of climate change, particularly warming, on the growth synchrony of five dominant temperate tree species across contrasting warm-dry and cool-wet climate conditions. Results show that temperature over water availability was the primary factor driving the growth and growth synchrony of the five species. Growth synchrony was significantly higher in warm-dry than in cool-wet areas, primarily due to more uniform climate conditions and higher climate sensitivity in the former. Rapid warming from the 1960s to the 1990s significantly enhanced tree growth synchrony in both areas, followed by a marked reversal as temperatures exceeded a certain threshold or warming slowed down, particularly in the warm-dry area. The growth synchrony variation patterns of the five species were highly consistent over time, although broadleaves exhibited higher synchrony than conifers, suggesting potential risks to forest resilience and stability under future climate change scenarios. Growing season temperatures and non-growing season temperatures and precipitation had a stronger positive effect on tree growth in the cool-wet area compared to the warm-dry area. High relative humidity hindered growth in the cool-wet area but enhanced it in the warm-dry area. Overall, our study highlights that the diversity and sensitivity of climate-growth relationships directly determine spatiotemporal growth synchrony. Temperature, along with water availability, shape long-term forest dynamics by affecting tree growth and synchrony. These results provide crucial insights for forest management practice to enhance structural diversity and resilience capacity against climate change-induced synchrony shifts.This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42107476 and 42177421), the China Postdoctoral International Exchange Fellowship Program (No. PC2021099), the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province (No. 2020RC2058), and the China Scholarship Council (CSC, No. 202206600004, to D. Yuan).Peer reviewedKeAi CommunicationsNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaChina Postdoctoral Science FoundationChina Scholarship CouncilHunan ProvinceZhu, Liangjun [0000-0003-0111-1450]Camarero, Jesús Julio [0000-0003-2436-2922]Cooper, David J. [0000-0003-3391-3538]Wang, Xiaochun [0000-0002-8897-5077]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/391740https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105004998829reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésThe underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100336https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100336Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3917402026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
title Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
spellingShingle Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
Zhu, Liangjun
Forest resilience
Growth synchrony
Northeast China
Rapid warming
Temperate forest
Tree rings
title_short Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
title_full Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
title_fullStr Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
title_full_unstemmed Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
title_sort Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zhu, Liangjun
Yuan, Danyang
Camarero, Jesús Julio
Cooper, David J.
Li, Mai He
Liu, Shuguang
Wang, Xiaochun
Cherubini, Paolo
author Zhu, Liangjun
author_facet Zhu, Liangjun
Yuan, Danyang
Camarero, Jesús Julio
Cooper, David J.
Li, Mai He
Liu, Shuguang
Wang, Xiaochun
Cherubini, Paolo
author_role author
author2 Yuan, Danyang
Camarero, Jesús Julio
Cooper, David J.
Li, Mai He
Liu, Shuguang
Wang, Xiaochun
Cherubini, Paolo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv National Natural Science Foundation of China
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
China Scholarship Council
Hunan Province
Zhu, Liangjun [0000-0003-0111-1450]
Camarero, Jesús Julio [0000-0003-2436-2922]
Cooper, David J. [0000-0003-3391-3538]
Wang, Xiaochun [0000-0002-8897-5077]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Forest resilience
Growth synchrony
Northeast China
Rapid warming
Temperate forest
Tree rings
topic Forest resilience
Growth synchrony
Northeast China
Rapid warming
Temperate forest
Tree rings
description Tree growth synchrony serves as a valuable ecological indicator of forest resilience to climate stress and disturbances. However, our understanding of how increasing temperature affects tree growth synchrony during rapidly and slowly warming periods in ecosystems with varying climatic conditions remains limited. By using tree-ring data from temperate broadleaf (Fraxinus mandshurica, Phellodendron amurense, Quercus mongolica, and Juglans mandshurica) and Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) mixed forests in northeast China, we investigated the effects of climate change, particularly warming, on the growth synchrony of five dominant temperate tree species across contrasting warm-dry and cool-wet climate conditions. Results show that temperature over water availability was the primary factor driving the growth and growth synchrony of the five species. Growth synchrony was significantly higher in warm-dry than in cool-wet areas, primarily due to more uniform climate conditions and higher climate sensitivity in the former. Rapid warming from the 1960s to the 1990s significantly enhanced tree growth synchrony in both areas, followed by a marked reversal as temperatures exceeded a certain threshold or warming slowed down, particularly in the warm-dry area. The growth synchrony variation patterns of the five species were highly consistent over time, although broadleaves exhibited higher synchrony than conifers, suggesting potential risks to forest resilience and stability under future climate change scenarios. Growing season temperatures and non-growing season temperatures and precipitation had a stronger positive effect on tree growth in the cool-wet area compared to the warm-dry area. High relative humidity hindered growth in the cool-wet area but enhanced it in the warm-dry area. Overall, our study highlights that the diversity and sensitivity of climate-growth relationships directly determine spatiotemporal growth synchrony. Temperature, along with water availability, shape long-term forest dynamics by affecting tree growth and synchrony. These results provide crucial insights for forest management practice to enhance structural diversity and resilience capacity against climate change-induced synchrony shifts.
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