Spatially heterogeneous responses of tree radial growth to recent El Niño southern-oscillation variability across East Asia subtropical forests

A greater amplitude and higher mean intensity of the El Niño phenomenon have both been observed in the last few decades. In order to determine how tree growth and recent El Niño variabilities are associated within the East Asia subtropical forest (EASF), we conducted a dendroecological study using a network of 25 zonal tree-ring width chronologies from Pinus massoniana Lamb. trees distributed across extensive latitudinal (23 to 33°N) and...