scholarly journals Response of Annual Ring Width and Latewood Content of Scots Pine to Weather Conditions in Provenance Trials

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
S.R. Kuzmin ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Southern Taiga ◽  
Test Point ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Provenance Trials

Tree-ring width and latewood content were studied to assess the response of wood to growing conditions. Samples were taken from the trees of six Scots pine climatypes with contrast origin, grown in the conditions of provenance trials in southern taiga of Central Siberia (Boguchany forestry) and forest-steppe of Western Siberia (Suzun forestry). A comparative analysis of variance of mean values of the studied features between the climatypes within each test point and between the points is carried out. Correlation analysis was used to analyze the dynamics of the studied traits and as their response to weather conditions over a long period. It was revealed that in the forest-steppe conditions maximal radial increments for all climatypes were observed on average at the age of 9 and in southern taiga at the age of 12–16. Tree-ring width of the climatypes from the south is significantly lower in the foreststeppe conditions than that of of the representatives of northern origin. Climatypes transferred from a warmer climate to southern taiga are characterized by significantly larger values of tree-ring width than in the northernmost of the studied ones. The latewood content decreases in all studied climatypes of pine in southern taiga in comparison with foreststeppe. Significant response of the latewood content of climatypes in forest-steppe is observed not only with average monthly weather conditions of the second part of vegetation period but also with the first. It indicates a higher sensitivity of their wood structure to the complex of climatic and ecological conditions in the provenance trials of forest-steppe compared with southern taiga. The research results show that the Boguchany climatype is genetically stable in terms of the average values of tree-ring width and latewood content in foreststeppe and southern taiga.

scholarly journals Influence of climatic conditions and air pollution on radial growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Szczecin’s city forests

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Anna Cedro ◽  
Bernard Cedro
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Pinus Sylvestris ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Chemical Factory

Abstract The aim of the present work was to characterize the growth – climate relationship of pines growing in the Szczecin city forests in intensively used recreational areas and to identify the effect of air pollutants emitted by a nearby chemical factory on tree-ring width. Our research area was located in the Głębokie forest complex, which is one of the most frequently visited. The chemical factory Police that produces fertilizers is located at a distance 11 km away from the study plot. The largest emissions of pollutants from the factory in terms of volume occurred in the 1980s and early 1990s. Wood samples were collected from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) with the Pressler borer from 30 trees and examined using standard dendrochronological methodology. The result was a local chronology of 169 years from 1848–2016. Dendroclimatological analyses indicated that the weather conditions at the turn from winter to spring are the dominant factors influencing radial growth. For example, higher than average temperatures in February, March and April result in a wide tree-ring in the upcoming growth season. Following Nowacki and Abram’s method, we also determined the relative growth change in order to delimit the timeframe when air pollution potentially alters tree-ring width. Due to the lack of data for the period 1848–1945, the increasing and decreasing relative growth could not be linked to specific events. For the period 1944–1972 however, we observed and increase in the tree-ring width, which in this case can be attributed to favorable weather conditions. The final period, 1973–1991, on the other hand showed the strongest decline in annual growth throughout our chronology and this was largely due to the nearby chemical factories, which released huge amounts of pollution into the atmosphere during this period. At present, despite new technologies and a decrease in overall production by the nearby chemical factory, we found a negative trend in ring width dynamics indicating a need for pollutant monitoring and further research.

scholarly journals Climate response of tree-ring width in Larix sibirica growing in the drought-stressed forest-steppe ecotone of northern Mongolia

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choimaa Dulamsuren ◽  
Markus Hauck ◽  
Hanns Hubert Leuschner ◽  
Christoph Leuschner
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Larix Sibirica ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Climate Response ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Northern Mongolia

scholarly journals Fast response of Scots pine to improved water availability reflected in tree-ring width and δ13C

2010 ◽  
pp. no-no ◽  
Author(s):  
BRITTA EILMANN ◽  
NINA BUCHMANN ◽  
ROLF SIEGWOLF ◽  
MATTHIAS SAURER ◽  
PAOLO CHERUBINI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Tree Ring Width

scholarly journals Radial growth of Scots pine and Norway spruce stands as an indicator of soil and environmental conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 875 (1) ◽  
pp. 012074
Author(s):  
B Aparin ◽  
B Babikov ◽  
D Zolotukhin ◽  
E Mingareeva
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Average Growth ◽  
Cyclical Pattern ◽  
Spruce Stands ◽  
Successive Change

Abstract The study presents an analysis of radial growth of Scots pine and Norway spruce trees growing on drained soils formed on varved clays at the sample sites of the Lisino Experimental Forestry (Lisino). Based on dendrochronological studies in Lisino, it has been found that the radial growth of Scots pine and Norway spruce is a sensitive indicator of changes in the soil water regime, climate, and phytocenotic relationships. On the basis of the character of tree-ring width growth, the growth charts allowed distinguishing zones with close to average growth values, as well as with increased and decreased values of radial growth. The cyclical pattern of tree ring width is well expressed in the successive change of zones. The availability of dendrochronological research materials with precise spatial and temporal reference makes it possible to organize monitoring of radial growth of trees as an indicator of changes in climate and habitat conditions.

Plasticity of response of tree-ring width of Scots pine provenances to weather extremes in Latvia

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberts Matisons ◽  
Diāna Jansone ◽  
Didzis Elferts ◽  
Andis Adamovičs ◽  
Volker Schneck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Weather Extremes

scholarly journals Dendroclimatological Analysis of Wild Pear Pyrus Pyraster (L.) Burgsd. From Biedrusko Military Area (West Poland) — Preliminary Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Cedro ◽  
Wojciech Antkowiak
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Pointer Years ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Pear Trees ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Previous Summer ◽  
Pyrus Pyraster

Abstract European wild pear (Pyrus pyraster, syn. Pyrus communis subsp. pyraster L.) is widely distributed in Europe, but rarely studied by dendrochronologists. This preliminary study was aimed to assess the age and effect of climate on tree-ring width in the largest Polish population of P. pyraster, in Biedrusko military area (western Poland). On the basis of samples from 21 trees, a chronology (BIE) was constructed, covering 45 years (1963–2007). Mean tree-ring width in the studied trees is 1.92 mm. The performed analyses (pointer years, correlations, and response function) indicate that tree-ring width is strongly dependent on weather conditions in the year preceding formation of the tree-ring. Annual rings of pear trees were wide after cold and rainy previous summer and after rainy previous October, while in the current year, ring width was affected by insolation in February and temperature in August (positive correlations) and precipitation in May (negative correlation). The low similarity of the ring-width pattern and effect of climate on tree-ring width between this population and a wild pear population from the Bielinek Reserve, located 200 km away, indicate that tree-ring width in this species is strongly dependent on habitat and there is a need to continue dendrochronological analyses.

scholarly journals Pointer Years in Tree-Ring Width of European Ash with Different Crown Condition and Their Relationships with Climatic Factors in Latvia

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
Roberts Matisons ◽  
Linda Gerra Inohosa ◽  
Māris Laiviņš
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Crown Condition ◽  
Pointer Years ◽  
European Ash

Abstract The effect of climatic factors on tree-ring width (TRW) of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) with healthy and damaged crowns growing in the central and eastern part of Latvia was assessed by dendrochronological techniques. Pointer year indices were calculated to assess the variability of TRW. Positive pointer years were more frequent than negative, similarly for damaged and healthy trees, suggesting similar limiting factors. The relationships between TRW and climatic factors differed regionally and locally. In the eastern part of Latvia, TRW was affected by temperature in spring of current and preceding years. In the central part of Latvia, weather conditions in current and preceding summer mainly affected TRW; temperature and precipitation had positive effect suggesting occurrence of water deficit, but the daily range of temperature had a negative effect. Hence, regional diversification of radial growth patterns might be expected. Some differences in sensitivity to climate were observed between the damaged and healthy trees. In the central part of Latvia, the damaged trees appeared additionally sensitive to temperature in summer. In the eastern part of Latvia, damaged trees were additionally sensitive to temperature in May. Nevertheless, some additional factors were significant for the healthy trees.

scholarly journals Differences in the Climate-Growth Relationship of Scots Pine: A Case Study from Poland and Hungary

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dávid Misi ◽  
Radosław Puchałka ◽  
Charlotte Pearson ◽  
Iain Robertson ◽  
Marcin Koprowski
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Summer Precipitation ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Growth Environment ◽  
Wide Range

Scots pine is an adaptable and prevalent European tree species that grows naturally throughout Europe and has been planted in a wide range of environments. Previous studies have indicated that climatic variables affect tree-ring growth patterns in this species, but it is also possible that certain aspects of the growth environment moderate this response. In order to understand the potential impact a shifting climate has on this important species, this study compared the growth response of two populations of Scots pine. Trees from similar bioclimatic regions in Hungary and Poland were compared using the hypothesis that differences in the association between climate and growth would be reflected by the degree of tree-ring width variation. We also wanted to know how changing climatic conditions influenced the temporal stability of the climate–growth signal in the most important periods for tree growth. Clear similarities in the effect of temperature and precipitation on tree-ring width variation were found between the two sites, but there were also some interesting differences. In the late winter to early spring period both populations reacted to warming with a decreasing association with temperature. Summer precipitation was shown to be the dominant factor in controlling ring-width. A decreasing trend in summer precipitation values at both Hungarian and Polish sites resulted in a weakening in correspondence for the Hungarian trees, while the Polish trees showed a significant increase in correlation with summer precipitation. The results indicated that changes in climate influenced the studied trees in different ways which has implications for the future balance of Scots pine growth in Europe.

scholarly journals The Impact of Climate Change and Strong Anthropopressure on the Annual Growth of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Wood Growing in Eastern Poland

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 661
Author(s):  
Robert Kalbarczyk ◽  
Monika Ziemiańska ◽  
Anna Nieróbca ◽  
Joanna Dobrzańska
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Meteorological Conditions ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Tree Ring Width ◽  
The Impact

Changes in annual tree ring width (TRW) and its size depends not only on the changing climate and natural stress factors such as extreme air temperatures, shortages in rainfall and excess rainfall during the growing season, but also on anthropogenic stress, including chemical compounds emitted to the atmosphere or lowering of the groundwater table caused by the operations of plants with high environmental impact. The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of meteorological conditions and anthropogenic factors on the size of annual growth of Scots pine tree-stands in the conditions of the climate of central-eastern Poland. On the basis of five created site chronologies in the vicinity of Zakłady Azotowe Puławy (nitrogen factories in Puławy) and using the moving correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis, a significant influence of temperature and precipitation conditions on the TRW size is proved. A significant, positive influence of air temperature on TRW was proved for the majority of chronologies created in the period of January–March, as well as in June, while it remained negative in May. The wide rings of Scots pines were formed when the precipitation of October and January (prior to the resumption of cambium activity) was lower than the average, and higher in April and in June–August. After including the anthropopressure factors in the regression equations, the description of the variability of the annual tree ring width was corrected. The coefficient of determination ranged from approx. 29% to even above 45% and was higher, on average by 10%, for all studied chronologies of Scots pine compared to the one calculated for constructed equations considering only meteorological conditions. The strength and direction of the impact of the independent variables (SO2, NH3, NOx) analysed on TRW mainly depended on the distance from the plants, as well as on the direction of inflow of industrial pollution to the stands examined. In light of the proven climate changes in central and eastern Poland, the growth conditions of pine stands will most likely deteriorate.

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