AUTHOR=Li Yiyong , Zhou Guoyi , Liu Juxiu TITLE=Different Growth and Physiological Responses of Six Subtropical Tree Species to Warming JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2017 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2017.01511 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2017.01511 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
Quantifying changes in interspecific plant growth and physiology under climate warming will facilitate explanation of the shifts in community structure in subtropical forest. We evaluated the effects of 3 years climate warming (ca. 1°C, 2012–2015) on plant growth and physiological parameters of six subtropical tree species by translocating seedlings and soil from a higher to a lower elevation site. We found that an increase in soil/air temperature had divergent effects on six co-occurring species. Warming increased the biomass of