Critical minimum temperature limits xylogenesis and maintains treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
Xiaoxia Li, Eryuan Liang, Jozica Gricar, Sergio Rossi, Katarina Cufar, Aaron M. Ellison
The paper tests the hypothesis that a critical minimum temperature limits xylogenesis at treelines, finding a CTmin of 0.7±0.4°C for tree-ring formation on the Tibetan Plateau.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2016 · PreprintEcology