Post-drought growth responses of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis) in central Oregon

Details Post-drought growth responses of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis) in central Oregon Post-drought growth responses of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis) in central Oregon

Jul 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.2657k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 13, p. 2657-2660

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Global Change: Atmosphere, Global Change: Biogeochemical Processes

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Increased atmospheric CO2 may affect the physiological response of natural trees to drought. We examined radial growth rates developed from five western juniper chronologies to determine if post-drought growth responses have changed. Using prior year October to current year June precipitation from 1896-1998, we identified drought recovery years as having standardized scores (z-scores)>0 and preceded by a year with a z-score <-0.6. We defined our analysis by an early period, 1896-1930, when atmospheric CO2 concentrations were close to preindustrial levels, and a late period, 1964-1998, when concentrations were substantially higher. Mean growth index values of recovery years between early and late periods were significantly greater (p<0.05) for four of the five sites, and for all sites combined. These results are consistent with drought-ameliorating effects of CO2 shown by controlled laboratory studies and suggest that rising levels of atmospheric CO2 may impact western juniper growth rates.

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