History of Tree Growth Declines Recorded in Old Trees at Two Sacred Sites in Northern China.

Front Plant Sci · 2017 · PMC5681856 · PMID 29163557

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The number of declining trees showed an increasing trend since the 1960s and was still continuing at the time of sampling.

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