DENDROECOLOGY OF RELICT CHINESE PINE (PINUS TABULAEFORMIS CARR.) IN THE ORTINDAG SAND LAND, NORTH CHINA : IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
E.Y. LIANG1, H.Y. LIU2
1Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China
liangey@itpcas.ac.cn
2College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
lhy@urban.pku.edu.cn
Keywords: Pinus tabulaeformis, Ortindag Sand Land, dendroecology, cambial activity, precipitation reconstruction, Palmer Drought Severity Index, NDVI, ecosystem management
Abstract
The small patches of relict Chinese pine forests in the Ortindag Sand Land in North China are at their northern
distribution limits. Herein we summarized achievements of the recent study of cambial activity as well as tree growth and regeneration dynamics of Chinese pine populations, climate reconstructions from tree rings up to
ecosystem dynamics in the Ortindag Sand Land and their implications for ecosystem management.
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