The response of typical forests to climate change and climate variability along a latitudinal gradient: a case study on E101 longitude dynamic plots belt
This project aims to close these knowledge gaps by analyzing the effects of climate on forest water and carbon budeget, biomass and productivity from subalipine coniferous forest to subtropical to the equatorial tropical forest of monsoon Asia. We will study:
1) the past responses of tree growth to climate change
2) the present responses of forests to variation in climate and the vulnerability and resilience of forests
3) the future impacts of climate change on forest biomass, productivity and diversity
