Climatic significance of the stable carbon isotope composition of tree-ring cellulose:Comparison of Chinese hemlock (Tsuga chinensis Pritz) and alpine pine (Pinus densata Mast) in a temperate-moist region of China  

作　　者：LIU XiaoHong SHAO XueMei WANG LiLi ZHAO LiangJu WU Pu CHEN Tuo QIN DaHe REN JiaWen 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Cryosphere and Environment,Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute,Chi-nese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China [2]Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China [3]Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100085,China 4 Laboratory of Watershed Hydrology and Ecology,Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2007年第7期1076-1085,共10页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90211018, 40501076 and 40371118);the International Partnership Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. CXTD-Z2005-2);the Innovation Project of the Key Laboratory of Cryosphere and Environment, Cold and Arid Re-gions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

摘　　要：In the reconstruction of past climate using stable carbon isotope composition (δ13C) in tree ring,the responses of the stable carbon composition (δ13C) of multiple tree species to environmental factors must be known detailedly. This study presented two δ13C series in annual tree rings for Chinese hem-lock (Tsuga chinensis Pritz) and alpine pine (Pinus densata Mast),and investigated the relationships between climatic parameters and stable carbon discrimination (△13C) series,and evaluated the poten-tial of climatic reconstruction using △13C in both species,in a temperate-moist region of Chuanxi Pla-teau,China. The raw δ13C series of the two species was inconsistent,which may be a result of different responses caused by tree's inherent physiological differences. After removing the low-frequency ef-fects of CO2 concentration,the high-frequency (year-to-year) inter-series correlation of △13C was strong,indicating that △13C of the two tree species were controlled by common environmental conditions. The △13C series of the species were most significantly correlated with temperature and moisture stress,but in different periods and intensity between the species. During the physiological year,the impacts of temperature and moisture stress on △13C occur earlier for Chinese hemlock (previous December to February for moisture stress and February to April for temperature,respectively) than for alpine pine (March to May for moisture stress and April to July for temperature,respectively). In addition,in temperate-moist regions,the control on △13C of single climatic parameter was not strongly dominant and the op-timal multiple regressions functions just explained the 38.5% variance of the total. Therefore,there is limited potential for using δ13C alone to identify clear,reliable climatic signals from two species.In the reconstruction of past climate using stable carbon isotope composition (δ 13C) in tree ring, the responses of the stable carbon composition (δ 13C) of multiple tree species to environmental factors must be known detailedly. This study presented two δ 13C series in annual tree rings for Chinese hemlock (Tsuga chinensis Pritz) and alpine pine (Pinus densata Mast), and investigated the relationships between climatic parameters and stable carbon discrimination (Δ13C) series, and evaluated the potential of climatic reconstruction using Δ13C in both species, in a temperate-moist region of Chuanxi Plateau, China. The raw δ 13C series of the two species was inconsistent, which may be a result of different responses caused by tree’s inherent physiological differences. After removing the low-frequency effects of CO2 concentration, the high-frequency (year-to-year) inter-series correlation of Δ13C was strong, indicating that Δ13C of the two tree species were controlled by common environmental conditions. The Δ13C series of the species were most significantly correlated with temperature and moisture stress, but in different periods and intensity between the species. During the physiological year, the impacts of temperature and moisture stress on Δ13C occur earlier for Chinese hemlock (previous December to February for moisture stress and February to April for temperature, respectively) than for alpine pine (March to May for moisture stress and April to July for temperature, respectively). In addition, in temperatemoist regions, the control on Δ13C of single climatic parameter was not strongly dominant and the optimal multiple regressions functions just explained the 38.5% variance of the total. Therefore, there is limited potential for using δ 13C alone to identify clear, reliable climatic signals from two species.

关 键 词：temperate-moist REGION CHINESE HEMLOCK ALPINE PINE inter-specific δ13C variability climatic significance 

分 类 号：Q948[生物学—植物学]