Age-dependent growth responses to climate from trees in Himalayan treeline

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A new study analyzes the link between temperature and moisture in dendrochronological records, finding that a tree’s age plays a noticeable role in how sensitive a record is to each variable. Analyzing Abeis spectabilis trees from the treeline ecotone of central Nepal, the author found that spring growth in mature trees was most sensitive to differences in precipitation and that juveniles were more sensitive to variations in temperature. Read the full paper here