scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON THE RADIAL GROWTH OF SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.) IN A COASTAL MIXED STAND IN KAPISUYU, BARTIN, TURKEY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-197
Author(s):  
Halil Barış Özel ◽  
Barbaros Yaman ◽  
Tuğrul Varol
Keyword(s):  
Scots Pine ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Growth Ring ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Late Winter ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Black Sea Region

Scots pine is geographically the most widespread pine species in the world, and it shows different growth responses to climate and environmental factors in diverse ecological sites. We studied both the stand dynamics and climate-growth relationships of Scots pine in isolated coastal stand (recently found) in the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. The homogeneity index of this stand has varied between 1.92-3.56. In growth-ring analyses, after cross-dating of individual chronologies, COFECHA and ARSTAN software were used respectively for chronology quality control and standardization (detrend). In this way, a 58-year-long chronology (1959-2016) of Scots pine was constructed. In addition, DENDROCLIM software was used for investigating Scots pine’s radial growth-climate relationships. Mean sensitivity changed from 0.163 to 0.331, with a mean of 0.183. Mean correlation among trees and signal to noise ratio were 0.389 and 7.012 respectively. In terms of the effect of precipitation on the radial growth of Scots pine in this site, the correlation coefficients were 0.43 (p<0.05) for December of the previous year and 0.41 (p<0.05) for July of the current year. For all the other months, precipitation had a non-significant effect. As for the maximum and mean air temperature, the correlation coefficients were 0.36 (p<0.05) and 0.40 (p<0.05) for February, and 0.40 (p<0.05) and 0.42 (p<0.05) for March, respectively. However, on the radial growth, while the maximum temperature in August had a negative effect (r= -0.26; p<0.05), minimum temperatures in February, March and July had a positive effect (r= 0.39, 0.40 and 0.34 respectively; p<0.05). It means while higher rains in July and higher temperatures in the late winter-early spring have caused the wider growth rings, the narrower growth rings have been formed in the years with higher maximum temperatures in August in the isolated coastal site of Scots pine.

Sapwood thickness in Pinuscontorta var. latifolia

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 2004-2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.C. Yang ◽  
H.G. Murchison
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Growth Ring ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Tree Age ◽  
Western Slope ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Radial Growth Rate ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Individual Trees

The vertical variation in the number of sapwood growth rings and sapwood thickness in Pinuscontorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm. was studied in relation to aspect, tree age, bole diameter, sapwood radial growth rate, and whole-xylem radial growth rate. Samples from 19 trees growing on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, formed the data base. Sapwood width for individual trees ranged from 20 to 26 mm for both the east and west aspects, and was constant at various heights of the tree bole. Sapwood width for this species was found to be independent of age, diameter, sapwood radial growth rate, and whole-xylem radial growth rate. Sapwood consisted of 25 to 50 growth rings and decreased from the ground level upward to the tree crown. The number of sapwood growth rings was strongly correlated with age, diameter, and radial growth rates for both sapwood and the whole tree. No significant correlation existed between sapwood width and sapwood growth-ring counts.

Radial growth responses of four oak species to climate in eastern and central North America

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 793-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. LeBlanc ◽  
David W. Stahle
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Seasonal Temperature ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Tree Ring Data

This study characterized associations between climate variables and radial growth of four oak species at sites distributed across central and eastern North America. Tree-ring data were obtained from 24, 29, 33, and 55 sites for Quercus prinus L., Quercus velutina Lam., Quercus macrocarpa Michx., and Quercus stellate Wangenh., respectively. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were computed between radial growth and monthly and seasonal temperature and precipitation. Growth was most strongly and consistently correlated with precipitation and temperature during the early growing season (May to July). Coincident positive correlations with precipitation and negative correlations with temperature indicate that this relationship is mediated by site water balance. The combination of this plausible cause–effect mechanism and extensive spatial replication of these correlations suggest that they reflect cause–effect relationships. Growth of Q. stellata was correlated with precipitation during the dormant season, suggesting that stored soil water is important for growth of this species in the southern Great Plains. Despite substantial spatial variation in temperature and growing-season initiation between sites in Texas and Manitoba, Canada, there was little variation in the phenology of growth–climate associations; growth–climate correlations were strongest during the same May–July period at all sites. Results of this study support the hypothesis that temperate zone ring-porous oak species have similar phenology of growth–climate correlations and can be treated as a biologically meaningful functional group in forest simulation models.

Growth of Bauhinia thonningii trees and saplings over a decade in a savanna in Zambia: interactions of climate, fire and source of regeneration

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Ngulube Chidumayo
Keyword(s):  
Radial Growth ◽  
Plant Size ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Tree Size ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Climate Factors ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Hot Dry Season ◽  
Cool Dry Season

AbstractThe present study investigated how climate and plant size affect the growth of Bauhinia thonningii and how fire and source of regeneration (grown from coppice versus seedlings) might modify the results. The study was conducted over a period of 10 y, from 1997 to 2007, at a savanna site in central Zambia. Trees were marked and monitored throughout the entire period; they showed a phase of declining growth (1998–2003) and a phase of low growth (2004–2007). During the phase of declining growth autocorrelation was high but either weakened or disappeared during the phase of low growth. After adjusting data for autocorrelation, climate factors and tree size accounted for between 14% and 35% of the variation in annual tree radial growth. However, the growth responses of trees to climate factors and tree size varied with the source of regeneration (i.e. coppice or seedling) and fire treatment. Trees of seedling origin were only affected by climate factors and tree size when exposed to annual burning whereas all trees of coppice origin were significantly affected by climate factors and tree size, regardless of the fire treatment. However, basal radial growth of saplings that were monitored for 4 y (2003–2007) was significantly influenced by maximum temperature and rainfall that accounted for 33–47% of the variance in annual radial growth under fire protection. Saplings recovered from shoot die-back during the cool dry season by resprouting in the hot dry season and this annual die-back slowed the height growth of B. thonningii saplings.

Ages and growth rates of some deep-sea gorgonian and antipatharian corals of Newfoundland and Labrador

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Owen A. Sherwood ◽  
Evan N. Edinger
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Growth Ring ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Primnoa Resedaeformis ◽  
Paragorgia Arborea ◽  
Deep Sea Corals ◽  
Axial Growth

Using bomb-14C dating and growth ring counting methods, we calculate life spans and growth rates of six species of deep-sea corals collected at depths of between 400 and 900 m from the continental slope of Newfoundland and Labrador. Bamboo corals ( Acanella arbuscula , Keratoisis ornata ) and antipatharians ( Stauropathes arctica ) secrete concentric growth rings in their axial skeletons, which were proven to form annually for K. ornata and S. arctica. These species had the lowest radial growth rates of 33 ± 11 to 75 ± 11 μm·year–1. Primnoa resedaeformis and Paramuricea spp. had higher radial growth rates of 83 ± 6 to 215 ± 37 μm·year–1. Paragorgia arborea had the highest radial growth rate of 830 ± 120 μm·year–1. Axial growth rates ranged from 0.56 ± 0.05 cm·year–1 for a specimen of Paramuricea spp. to 2.61 ± 0.45 cm·year–1 for a specimen of Primnoa resedaeformis . Life spans ranged from 18 ± 4 years for a live-collected P. resedaeformis to 200 ± 30 years for a subfossil specimen of K. ornata. Because all of the corals were from heavily fished areas, it is likely that age distributions are biased towards smaller and younger colonies. Recovery of deep-sea corals from fishing-induced damage will take decades to centuries.

Tumor Wood Anatomy in Korean Red Pine (Pinus Densiflora)

IAWA Journal ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Geun Eom ◽  
Youn Jib Chung
Keyword(s):  
Radial Growth ◽  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
Pinus Densiflora ◽  
Growth Ring ◽  
Red Pine ◽  
Fungal Hypha ◽  
Normal Wood ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Korean Red Pine ◽  
Resin Canals

The anatomy of tumor wood and normal wood in a branch of Korean red pine (Pinus densiflora S. et Z.) is compared. In tumor wood the tracheids and rays are irregularly arranged, the cell lumina contain resinous substances and fungal hypha, the tracheid files are of variable width within the growth ring, and traumatic vertical resin canals are present. There are also differences in length of tracheids, numbers of vertical and horizontal resin canals (fusiform rays), height of fusiform rays, and number and height of uniseriate rays. The modified structure of the tumor wood originates near the pith. The wider growth rings, considerably shorter but not wider tracheids, and larger and more numerous rays in tumor wood are associated with a higher radial growth rate, which in turn results in the externally massive wood tumor.

Constraints on dendrochronological dating of Salix polaris from central Spitsbergen ( Short communication )

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Buchwal
Keyword(s):  
Radial Growth ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Growth Ring ◽  
Cambial Activity ◽  
Main Root ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Salix Polaris ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Cross Dating ◽  
Root Axis

Application of tundra shrubs in dendrochronological studies is recently increasing. However their growth rings are characterized by high irregularity which cause a com-mon tree-ring dating problems. The goal of the study is to demonstrate a dendro-chronological potential of common tundra species Salix polaris from central Spitsbergen (Ebbadalen, Petuniabukta) while (i) presenting its radial growth pattern and irregularities and (ii) discussing on its example a common problems of Arctic shrubs radial growth cross-dating. The results revealed that in average 25% of growth ring measured per single shrub was irregular and therefore might be problematic to detect and cross-date. It was found that even on a short distance (i.e., along a main root axis) cambial activity is not equal and missing and partially missing rings occurred alternately in a longitudinal profile. Common growth irregularities, such as missing and wedging rings, must be taken into account while measuring and cross-dating such a difficult dendrochrono-logical woody material as shown on the example of a Salix polaris dwarf shrub. The study revealed a high importance of serial sectioning and intra-plant cross-dating in dendrochronological studies of tundra shrubs.

Pre-Processing of Hyperspectral Images Using Nonlinear Filters

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
V. Behar ◽  
V. Bogdanova
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Hyperspectral Images ◽  
Spectral Correlation ◽  
Edge Preserving ◽  
Improvement Factor ◽  
Filter Output ◽  
Average Improvement ◽  
Processing Procedure

Abstract In this paper the use of a set of nonlinear edge-preserving filters is proposed as a pre-processing stage with the purpose to improve the quality of hyperspectral images before object detection. The capability of each nonlinear filter to improve images, corrupted by spatially and spectrally correlated Gaussian noise, is evaluated in terms of the average Improvement factor in the Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (IPSNR), estimated at the filter output. The simulation results demonstrate that this pre-processing procedure is efficient only in case the spatial and spectral correlation coefficients of noise do not exceed the value of 0.6

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