"Movement of the limit of the tropics is associated with changes in precipitation regimes," said Raquel Alfaro Sánchez, who led the research team while a postdoctoral researcher at the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. From 1568 to 1634, the tropics expanded to the north, the team found....
(i.e., have air temperature, precipitation, or drought increased/decreased?); (ii) what are the climate thresholds that longleaf pine forests already experienced?; and (iii) has the climate regime in the range of longleaf pine been shifted? These results may provide a clear picture of ...