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Warmer weather affects subtropical China's pine forests differently

Original: Warmer # weather affects pine # forests differently. Tree rings from 32 sites in subtropical China linked warmth to fast

New research using tree rings from 32 sites in subtropical China found that warmer temperatures speed up Masson pine growth at northern sites but limit it in the south, where heat and increasing drought constrain the trees. The findings suggest climate warming is having opposite effects on the same species across its range.

Why now: A newly published study highlights how climate warming has regionally divergent impacts on forests.

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• Warmer # weather affects pine # forests differently. Tree rings from 32 sites in subtropical China linked warmth to faster Masson # pine growth at northern sites. Heat limited growth at southern sites, while drought increasingly constrained central and southern trees.👇 @… · Forestecosystems · 1

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