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标题：Reconstructing Century-long Snow Regimes Using Estimates of High Arctic Salix arctica Radial Growth
其他标题：Reconstructing Century-long Snow Regimes Using Estimates of High Arctic Salix arctica Radial Growth
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作者：Niels M. Schmidt ; Claudia Baittinger ; Mads C. Forchhammer 等
期刊名称：Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
印刷版ISSN：1523-0430
电子版ISSN：1938-4246
出版年度：2006
卷号：38
期号：2
页码：257-262
DOI：10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[257:RCSRUE]2.0.CO%3B2
摘要：Using a combination of microscopic examination and electronic scanning and printing, we analyzed the impacts of early spring snow cover extent and temperature during the growing season on the annual radial growth in arctic willow ( Salix arctica Pallas) in the Zackenberg valley, High Arctic Northeast Greenland. So far, only little dendroclimatological research has been conducted on Salix arctica , and the species constitutes a yet-untapped resource for climate reconstruction in the Arctic. We obtained reliable annual radial growth measurements from a total of 43 Salix arctica stem samples and analyzed these in a mixed model to determine the limiting climatic factors. We found that early spring snow cover extent impacted the annual growth significantly, whereas variable temperature regimes seemed unimportant. Following the building of a site chronology for the Zackenberg valley, the early spring snow cover extent during the last century was reconstructed.