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Monitoring cambial phenology and intra-annual growth dynamics is a useful approach for characterizing the tree growth response to climate change. However, there have been few reports concerning intra-annual wood formation in lowland temperate forests with high time resolution, especially for the comparison between deciduous and coniferous species. The main objective of this study was to determine how the timing, duration and rate of radial growth change between species as related to leaf phenology and the dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) under the same climatic conditions. We studied two deciduous species, Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl., and an evergreen conifer, Pinus sylvestris L. During the 2009 growing season, we weekly monitored (i) the stem radial increment using dendrometers, (ii) the xylem growth using microcoring and (iii) the leaf phenology from direct observations of the tree crowns. The NSC content was also measured in the eight last rings of the stem cores in April, June and August 2009. The leaf phenology, NSC storage and intra-annual growth were clearly different between species, highlighting their contrasting carbon allocation. Beech growth began just after budburst, with a maximal growth rate when the leaves were mature and variations in the NSC content were low. Thus, beech radial growth seemed highly dependent on leaf photosynthesis. For oak, earlywood quickly developed before budburst, which probably led to the starch decrease quantified in the stem from April to June. For pine, growth began before the needles unfolding and the lack of NSC decrease during the growing season suggested that the substrates for radial growth were new assimilates of the needles from the previous year. Only for oak, the pattern determined from the intra-annual growth measured using microcoring differed from the pattern determined from dendrometer data. For all species, the ring width was significantly influenced by growth duration and not by growth rate, which differs from previous studies. The observed between-species difference at the intra-annual scale is key information for anticipating suitability of future species in temperate forests. 相似文献
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Andreas Gruber Jolanda Zimmermann Gerhard Wieser Walter Oberhuber 《Annals of Forest Science》2009,66(5):503-503
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利用浙江龙泉和庆元两地在较好立地上营造的21 36年生红豆树、江南油杉、伯乐树、闽楠、刨花楠和乐东拟单性木兰6种珍贵用材树种的片林,以研究其生长、干形和木材基本密度的变化规律。研究结果表明,红豆树是一个树高和胸径生长量大、径生长速生持续期长、木材基本密度中等及其径向均匀性较高的珍贵用材树种,平均年轮宽度达到0.8 1.2 cm,36年生时按宽度和面积计算心材比例分别为60.57%和37.47%。因红豆树分叉干特性明显,在栽植的第2年就应及时修枝抹芽和施肥,以培育树干通直、心材比例高的优质干材。江南油杉和闽楠等其它5种珍贵用材树种皆较少分叉干,其树干通直。闽楠以材质优良而闻名,木材密度中等,虽然其生长速度较慢,但生长势很强,年生长量稳定,加之树冠窄小,适宜长周期大径材的培育;伯乐树生长速度中等,木材密度略低,但其径向均匀性较高,宜作为优质的工艺材来培育;树冠窄小的乐东拟单性木兰生长速度中等,但其木材密度大、径向均匀性高,是优良的珍贵用材树种;江南油杉是个早期生长快而后期生长慢,木材密度中等的针叶树种,可通过加强经营管理延长速生期和提高木材密度的径向均匀性;刨花楠虽然生长速度中等,但其木材密度却较低,浸水有粘液,不宜作为珍贵用材树种培育。 相似文献
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We investigated whether timing and rate of growth are related to the life strategies and fitness of three conifer species. Intra-annual dynamics of wood formation, shoot elongation and needle phenology were monitored over 3 years in five Norway spruces (Picea abies (L.) Karst.), five Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) and five silver firs (Abies alba Mill.) grown intermixed. For the three species, the growing season (delimited by cambial activity onset and cessation) lasted about 4 months, while the whole process of wood formation lasted 5-6 months. Needle unfolding and shoot elongation followed the onset of cambial activity and lasted only one-third of the season. Pines exhibited an 'extensive strategy' of cambial activity, with long durations but low growth rates, while firs and spruces adopted an 'intensive strategy' with shorter durations but higher growth rates. We estimated that about 75% of the annual radial increment variability was attributable to the rate of cell production, and only 25% to its duration. Cambial activity rates culminated at the same time for the three species, whereas shoot elongation reached its maximal rate earlier in pines. Results show that species-specific life strategies are recognizable through functional traits of intra-annual growth dynamics. The opposition between Scots pine extensive strategy and silver fir and Norway spruce intensive strategy supports the theory that pioneer species are greater resource expenders and develop riskier life strategies to capture resources, while shade-tolerant species utilize resources more efficiently and develop safer life strategies. Despite different strategies, synchronicity of the maximal rates of cambial activity suggests a strong functional convergence between co-existing conifer species, resulting in head-on competition for resources. 相似文献
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Intra-annual variations in climate influence growth and wood density of Norway spruce 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Intra-annual radial growth variations of two Norway spruce trees (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) were monitored over 4 years, at four heights up the stem, by means of point-dendrometers. The trees were then felled and radial wood samples were cut from the radii that had been monitored by the dendrometers and analyzed for density. From the radial growth measurements recorded by the dendrometers, we related positions within the rings to dates, thus making possible investigation of the relationships between changes within the rings in wood density and fluctuations in climate or growth rate. Radial growth started in early April and ended, with large intra-annual differences, in August or September. Short-term variations in growth rate were related to fluctuations in climate parameters and soil water reserves. The sensitivity of radial growth to climate decreased with stem height. Wood density responded strongly to drought events, and a dry period in June 1996 induced false-ring formation. Wood density was relatively independent of growth rate and climatic conditions during the first part of the growing season, but increased with decreasing radial growth rate later in the growing season. 相似文献
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Tree ring analysis investigates growth processes at time horizons of several weeks to millennia, but lacks the detail of short-term fluctuation in cambial activity. This study used electronic high-precision dendrometry for analyzing the environmental factors controlling stem diameter variation and radial growth in daily resolution in five co-existing temperate broad-leaved tree species (genera Fraxinus, Acer, Carpinus, Tilia and Fagus) with different growth and survival strategies. Daily stem radius change (SRC(d)) was primarily influenced by the atmospheric demand for water vapor (expressed either as vapor pressure deficit (D) or relative air humidity (RH)) while rainfall, soil matrix potential, temperature and radiation were only secondary factors. SRC(d) increased linearly with increasing RH and decreasing D in all species. The positive effect of a low atmospheric water vapor demand on SRC(d) was largest in June during the period of maximal radial growth rate and persisted when observation windows of 7 or 21 days instead of 1 day were used. We found a high synchronicity in the day-to-day growth rate fluctuation among the species with increment peaks corresponding to air humidity maxima, even though the mean daily radial growth rate differed fivefold among the species. The five -species also differed in the positive slope of the growth/RH relationship with the steepest increase found in Fraxinus and the?lowest in Fagus. We explain the strong positive effect of high RH and low D on radial stem increment by lowered transpiration which reduces negative pressure in the conducting system and increases turgor in the stem cambium cells, thereby favoring cell division and expansion. The results suggest that mechanistic models of tree growth need to consider the atmospheric water status in addition to the known controlling environmental factors: temperature, soil moisture and precipitation. The results further have implications for sensitivity analyses of tree growth to climatic changes. 相似文献
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Joana Vieira Sergio Rossi Filipe Campelo Helena Freitas Cristina Nabais 《Annals of Forest Science》2014,71(1):71-80
Context
The knowledge on cambial activity in water-limited environments, such as the Mediterranean, is still fragmentary. Dendrochronological studies have determined that spring precipitation plays an important part in determining tree-ring width and the properties of tracheids. However, the complex relation between cambial phenology and climate is still far from understood.Aims
We studied the influence of climate, especially water stress, on maritime pine wood formation with the aim of determining the influence of drought on cambial activity.Methods
A plantation of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) was selected in the west coast of Portugal, to monitor cambial activity and wood formation using anatomical observations and band dendrometers. The trees were monitored weekly over 2 years (2010 and 2011).Results
Xylem differentiation started earlier when warmer late winter temperatures were observed. Water stress triggered an earlier stop of wood formation and also the formation of tracheids with smaller lumen area. In both years a bimodal pattern of stem radial increment was registered by band dendrometers with two periods of increment: one in spring and another in autumn. The xylem anatomy study suggests that the autumnal increment period corresponded mostly to stem rehydration, since the differentiation of new xylem cells by the cambium was not observed.Conclusion
Maritime pine cambial activity appears to be under a double climatic control: temperature influences cambial onset and water availability growth cessation. 相似文献8.
G. Lesnino 《Wood Science and Technology》1994,28(2):159-171
Summary For the assessment of many different aspects of growth processes in trees millions of annual rings are being measured all over the world every year. Other studies dealing with the prediction or explanation of wood properties also require numerous density measurements. While the density of a wood sample is relatively easy to determine by stereogravimetric methods, density relationships or variations within a piece of wood and within individual annual rings can only be detected by time-consuming techniques, e.g. radiodensitometry. A new, simplified method for ring analysis was developed with the aid of the sandblasting and laser sensor method. This process permits the automatic recording of annual radial increment and simultaneously provides results on the mean and intra-annual density of the wood specimens. Sandblasting of cross-sections of stems or of radial strips produces hardness profiles. Due to the hardness variations in these profiles individual annual rings can be more or less easily identified macroscopically, depending on the wood species. Furthermore, density variations are also macroscopically visible on account of the relationship between abrasion depth and density: Sandblasting can be said to provide a three-dimensional representation of the density relationships in wood. Following the numerical recording of these surface profiles with the aid of a laser sensor and upon conversion of abrasion depth profiles into density profiles radial increment and density parameters for stem radii, segments of radii or even individual annual rings can be determined. A comparison with the conventional radiodensitometric ring analysis method shows very good correlations with the results achieved in this study. The advantage of the laser-sandblasting method is that large samples can be investigated without great preparatory effort and in a single processing step. 相似文献
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David M. Drew Geoffrey M. Downes Anthony P. O’Grady Jennifer Read Dale Worledge 《Annals of Forest Science》2009,66(4):406-406
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Key message
Onset and cessation of radial and height increment of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in southern Finland were independent phenomena. They both contributed to the increment period duration, which was a more crucial factor defining the magnitude of annual radial and height increment.Context
Phenology of diameter and height increment is a critical component of growth, also contributing to damage and survival of trees.Aims
We quantified annual variation in intra-annual tracheid production and height increment of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.).Methods
The number of tracheids and the day of the year for the onset and cessation of tracheid production were monitored from microcores collected repeatedly during growing seasons 2001–2012 in southern Finland. Weekly height increment was also measured in an adjacent sapling stand in 2008–2012.Results
The first tracheids in pine were found around mid-May and in spruce a week later. The cessation of the tracheid production occurred during the last week of August for both tree species. Increment onset and cessation were independent phenomena, both contributing to the magnitude of tracheid production via increment period duration, which appeared to be a more crucial factor defining the number of tracheids. Duration of the height increment period was also related to shoot length but the connection was less tight than the link between the duration of tracheid production and the number of tracheids. A thermal threshold around 100 d.d. (degree days) was found for the onset of radial increment. No single environmental factor triggered the cessation of tracheid production, but in some years, soil water availability appeared to play a role.Conclusion
The results indicate that extending growing seasons due to the climatic warming may increase growth in the Finnish forests.11.
Seasonal dynamics of wood formation: a comparison between pinning,microcoring and dendrometer measurements 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
Harri Mäkinen Jeong-Wook Seo Pekka Nöjd Uwe Schmitt Risto Jalkanen 《European Journal of Forest Research》2008,127(3):235-245
Three different methods were evaluated for analysing wood formation of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Finland. During two growing seasons, wood formation dynamics were determined both by wounding the cambium with a needle
followed by localisation of the wound-associated tissue modification after the growing season (pinning), and by extracting
small increment cores during the growing season (microcoring). Stem radius was additionally monitored with band dendrometers.
For Norway spruce, pinning and microcoring yielded similar dates for the onset of wood formation. The timing of wood production
during the growing season was also similar for pinning and microcoring. For Scots pine, the onset of wood formation was recorded
from microcores almost 2 weeks later than from pinning samples. In Scots pine, microcore measurements also produced somewhat
later cessation dates for tracheid formation than the pinning samples. For both tree species, the total number of tracheids
formed during the growing season was, however, about the same for pinning and microcoring. Dendrometer results clearly differed
from those of pinning and microcoring. In particular, the dendrometers showed an increase of stem radius considerably earlier
in spring, when the other methods did not detect wood formation. Thus, pinning and microcoring currently represent the most
reliable techniques for detailed monitoring of wood formation. 相似文献
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Reza Oladi Elham Elzami Kambiz Pourtahmasi Achim Bräuning 《European Journal of Forest Research》2017,136(2):345-356
A better understanding of the ecophysiological basis of wood formation by monitoring radial growth over the whole vegetation period may help to explain possible discrepancies between long-term average climate–growth relationships and short-term climatic impacts on tree growth. To understand how growth–climate associations of Oriental beech vary throughout a vegetation period, we studied seasonal growth patterns of high-elevation beech trees growing in the north of Iran by collecting wood anatomical micro-cores in 10 to bi-weekly intervals and measuring stem increment with high-resolution electronic dendrometers. Wood formation was for two consecutive years with contrasting inter-annual climate conditions (2011 and 2012). We divided the growing period into three equal time phases and related daily climate variability to the cambial growth in each phase. The pattern of climate–growth relationships varies over a complete growing season and between years: in both study years, trees responded homogenously at the beginning and at the end of the growing season, but showed opposing influence of relative humidity during spring and early summer (June and July). Temperature as the main driver of xylogenesis had a stimulating effect on growth at the beginning of the growing season, but had negative effects on radial increment during late June and July mainly due to the excess of ambient temperatures over an optimum threshold. Higher temperature in late June and July 2011 compared with those of 2012 led to a significantly narrower tree ring in 2011, despite the similar sums/means of annual climate parameters in these two years. Since regional climate change scenarios expect higher temperature and reduced moisture conditions in future, radial growth of beech in the north of Iran may be adversely affected. 相似文献
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《Southern Forests》2013,75(3-4):191-200
Many eucalypt species do not show distinct growth rings because cambial activity does not show a strong response to seasonal variation in climate. Eucalyptus grandis, one of the most important commercial hardwood species in South Africa, is one such example of a species that does not have well-defined growth rings. The light and dark bands visible on the cross-section of the wood of E. grandis do not always correspond with the growing season, which makes it difficult to resolve wood property data into annual increments. A method was developed to separate growth rings on wood density profiles of E. grandis into annual increments using bark-to-pith density profiles and annual measurements of diameter at breast height (DBH) from permanent sample plot (PSP) datasets. Using the PSP data, it was possible to assess the annual pattern of stem diameter growth at a compartment level by calculating the radial increment (RI) per year and expressing that value as a percentage of the radius at the end of the increment for that year. Mean radial increment percentage (%MRI) was calculated for each year and used to predict annual RI at an individual tree level. Predicted RI values for each tree were expressed as cumulative distances from the bark end and superimposed onto their respective density profiles. Predicted RI corresponded well with latewood density peaks and these separation points were considered a reliable guide to divide the density profile into annual increments closer to the bark end and into broader age classes closer to the pith. By assessing the pattern of variation in radial density within the context of the growth history of a compartment by means of annual PSP data, it was possible to confirm that growth rings on density profiles of E. grandis closer to the bark end can serve as a reliable representation of annual growth. 相似文献
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Philip Wipfler Thomas Seifert Peter Biber Hans Pretzsch 《European Journal of Forest Research》2009,128(2):135-144
Several findings indicate an impact of ozone on stem diameter growth leaving the question unanswered, if and how the intra-annual
growth pattern is changed. In this study the hypotheses are tested, that (1) ozone will alter the absolute growth and (2)
alter and shift the period of growth activity within a year. Our data originates from the free air ozone fumigation experiment
‘Kranzberger Forst’ in a mixed stand of Norway spruce and common beech near Freising/Germany. Annual and intra-annual growth
reactions of a sample of five adult beech and five spruce trees, exposed to double ambient ozone were examined and compared
to the same number of untreated reference trees. Diameter increments were measured with plastic diameter girth bands and high-resolution,
automatically logging micro-dendrometers, mounted at breast height (1.3 m). We used the increment data from the growth periods
2000 to 2005. The high-resolution micro-dendrometer data were examined by fitting a Weibull function to the standardized annual
growth profiles to obtain curve parameters for statistical tests. We estimated the parameters ‘T’ which represents the point of time, when 63% of the annual diameter increment is performed and the parameter ‘m’, the Weibull module, which was used as an indicator for the span of time needed to complete the annual growth. The statistical
significance of these curve parameters, together with the absolute diameter increment, was tested by use of mixed regression
models. The analysis of the growth curve parameters revealed a significantly altered intra-annual growth pattern of both species
induced by ozone. Spruce under ozone showed reduced absolute annual diameter increment and a preponed growth activity compared
to untreated trees. Beech’s absolute diameter increment was not affected under ozone, but its growth activity was delayed.
For both species, ozone fumigation did not alter the individual length of the annual growing season. These results are discussed
with respect to drought, tree ring anatomy and tree allometry. The study shows that ozone is able to change growth behaviour
of trees even if increment losses are not obvious.
This article belongs to the special issue "Growth and defence of Norway spruce and European beech in pure and mixed stands". 相似文献
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《Journal of Sustainable Forestry》2013,32(2):19-41
Four clones of Picea sitchensis, each growing on two sites with contrasting growth rates, were examined for the rate at which wood density decreased as growth rate increased during successive years of juvenile wood formation. The clones with the greatest and least rates of change were consistent between contrasting sites. It was determined that the most effective measure of change in wood density was the relative rates of increase in wood volume and wood weight increment in successive annual increments. Wood volume increased more rapidly than wood weight for all clones but there were differences between them. The rankings for these relative rates of change were not (he same as those for mean density nor density of the last annual wood increment. Within a single annually produced sheath of wood, wood density was found to decrease with increasing distance down the main stem. In the outermost sheath, volume increment was at a maximum at least two and more usually three interwhorl positions. Dierences between clones in the patterns of weight and volume increment along the main stem are related to differences in crown structure. It is suggested that small height increments along the main stem lead to inadequate surface area for cambial development relative to the available resources for growth. 相似文献
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Green DS 《Tree physiology》2007,27(8):1197-1205
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of temperature and seed-source elevation on height-growth phenology of three co-occurring and ecologically distinct northern conifers (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia (lodgepole pine), Picea glauca (Moench) Voss x Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm. (interior spruce) and Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. (subalpine fir)). Seed from populations of the three indigenous and co-occurring species was collected across an elevational transect on the southwestern slope of McBride Peak, near Prince George, BC. Collection sites were at elevations of 750 to 1850 m, the latter being close to the tree line. In 2003, seeds were germinated and seedlings raised under favorable growing conditions in a temperature-controlled glasshouse. In 2004, seedlings of each population were grown in natural daylengths at a location within 50 km of the seed collection site both in a temperature-controlled glasshouse and at a nearby field site, and height growth was recorded twice a week throughout the growing season. Species differed in both the date and the accumulated heat sum above 5 degrees C for the initiation and cessation of shoot extension. Growth durations (which integrate growth initiation and growth cessation) were more similar among species in the field than in the glasshouse. This suggests that different mechanisms of phenological control among co-occurring species can result in adaptive "equivalence" under a particular set of climatic conditions. 相似文献
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Hybrid aspen is an interesting tree species for wood production in northern Europe. In this study we examined growth dynamics over the whole rotation period. Height and diameter development, as well as annual growth of stem volume and stem biomass, were repeatedly recorded in 14 planted and 2 root sucker stands, aged up to 26 years, in southern Sweden. A main aim was to study the productivity level for hybrid aspen forestry with an expected rotation period of about 25 years. The study verified earlier prognoses, showing a mean annual increment (MAI) of 19.5 m3 of stem wood ha?1 yr?1 after 25 years. This corresponds to a dry weight of stem biomass of 7.2 tons dry matter (DM) ha?1 yr?1. Maximum MAI was still not reached after 25 years, although the growth curve was flattening out. If branch biomass is included, MAI is estimated to about 9 tons DM ha?1 yr?1 and further improvements in growth is expected by using the best genotypically selected clones available. Results from three different thinning regimens showed that thinning intensity provided significantly larger diameter growth, while no significant yield effects were seen among the thinning regimens. 相似文献
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This work aimed to compare radial growth–climate relationships among three coexisting coniferous tree species across a wide geographic and climate range from southern British Columbia (BC) to central Yukon, Canada. Tree-ring data were collected from 20 mature stands of white spruce (Picea glauca), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia), and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa). Linear relationships between annual growth variation and monthly and seasonal climate were quantified with correlation and regression analyses, and variation in climate–growth responses over a climatic gradient were quantified by regressing growth responses against local mean climatic conditions. Temperatures had more consistent and stronger correlations with growth for all three species than precipitation, but growth–climate responses varied among species and among sites. In particular, pine and fir populations showed different responses between BC and Yukon, whereas spruce showed a more consistent response across the study domain. Results indicate that (1) the response and sensitivity of trees to seasonal climate variables vary among species and sites and (2) winter temperatures prior to growth may have significant impacts on pine and fir growth at some sites. The capacity to adapt to climate change will likely vary among the study species and across climatic gradients, which will have implications for the future management of mixed-species forests in Yukon and BC. 相似文献
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Vicente Rozas Rafael Zas Ignacio García-González 《European Journal of Forest Research》2011,130(6):959-970
Summer water stress is the main limiting factor for Pinus pinaster growth under Mediterranean climate, but no information on limiting physiographic and climatic factors under Atlantic conditions
is available for this species. We hypothesize that water availability during the active period limits P. pinaster growth, with stands nearby the Atlantic–Mediterranean boundary being more sensitive to summer drought stress. We analyzed
the inter- and intra-annual climatic response of this species at ten monospecific stands in a transitional area between the
Atlantic and Mediterranean biogeographical regions in Galicia, NW Spain. Mean sensitivity of radial growth consistently decreased
with increasing elevation, and growth variation was quite similar for the earlywood, latewood or total ring widths, suggesting
a strong intra-annual coherency of radial growth. Growth patterns were site dependent and geographically structured, with
three groups of stands showing different climatic responses. As expected for sites suffering from summer drought stress, water
availability enhances growth in western and southern Galicia, showing negative responses to maximum temperatures and positive
to water availability. In northern Galicia, away from the Atlantic-Mediterranean boundary, water surplus in the rainy seasons
negatively influenced growth. This was probably due to the combined effects of seasonal water-logging stress and the reduction
of solar radiation associated with cloudiness, which would limit photosynthetic rates in winter and spring. Local variations
of water availability strongly controlled the physiological processes that determine growth dynamics of P. pinaster in NW Spain, contributing to its geographical structure and contrasting sensitivity. 相似文献
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Yueh-Hsin Lo Juan A. Blanco Brad Seely Clive Welham J.P. Kimmins 《Forest Ecology and Management》2010
Climate is a main driving factor of the formation of annual tree-rings, but which climatic variables are the most influential on radial growth may vary among species and sites. To explore these interactions, tree-ring chronologies along a major elevation gradient were examined for three tree species in southern interior British Columbia (Canada): Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pinus contorta, and Picea glauca × engelmannii. We used correlations and linear and multiple regressions to explore the relationships between tree-ring radial growth and climate variables in the area from 1922 to 1997. All correlation coefficients between ring chronologies and monthly climatic variables were medium to low (from −0.3 to 0.4); nevertheless, moderate but significant trends could be identified. Multivariate models explained up to 53%, 43% and 32% of radial growth variability for P. contorta, P. menziesii and P. glauca × engelmannii, respectively. All three species showed similar radial growth–climate patterns across the elevational gradient, but they had different details that made ring width–climate relationships species-specific. Precipitation-related variables were more related to radial growth at low-elevations, changing into temperature-related variables at high-elevations. Tree-ring width for all three species was primarily and significantly affected by climate variables from the year previous to the growing season and only secondly by current year conditions, but the critical months varied for different species and altitudes. Winter precipitation also affected radial growth, either as a source of water or as a possible agent of physical damage. Although our work showed significant climate influences on breast height tree radial growth, our results also indicated that other site factors such as microclimate or stand dynamics can be as or more important than climate variability. 相似文献