<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main aims of these studies were dendrochronological and mass spectrometric analysis of the impact of climate on tree rings width and stable isotopes composition in pine (<italic>Pinus sylvestris</italic> L.). The conifers were growing in the vicinity of chemical and nitrogen factories in Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Poland) in the period of time from 1920s to 2012 AD. The combined usage of tree ring width and isotopic composition data provides historic records of the environment changes. These data allows identifying the behavior adaptation of pine growing under pollution stress to climate changes. The incremental rhythm of the studied pine populations was not identical, probably due to their different sensitivities to some climatic factors. This study evidences that the isotopic records in tree-rings α-cellulose may be sensitive bio-indicators of the way that the components of air and water may be changed by the trees in response to the climate changes and anthropogenic effects. The water use efficiency may be strongly correlated with variability of the surface temperature that may be due to increase of CO<sub>2</sub> emission.</p></abstract>

The main aims of these studies were dendrochronological and mass spectrometric analysis of the impact of climate on tree rings width and stable isotopes composition in pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). The conifers were growing in the vicinity of chemical and nitrogen factories in Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Poland) in the period of time from 1920s to 2012 AD. The combined usage of tree ring width and isotopic composition data provides historic records of the environment changes. These data allows identifying the behavior adaptation of pine growing under pollution stress to climate changes. The incremental rhythm of the studied pine populations was not identical, probably due to their different sensitivities to some climatic factors. This study evidences that the isotopic records in tree-rings α-cellulose may be sensitive bio-indicators of the way that the components of air and water may be changed by the trees in response to the climate changes and anthropogenic effects. The water use efficiency may be strongly correlated with variability of the surface temperature that may be due to increase of CO2 emission.

Climatic signals in tree-ring width and stable isotopes composition of <italic>Pinus sylvestris</italic> L. Growing in the industrialized area nearby Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Department of Forest Protection, Entomology and Forest Climatology

Geochronometria

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Climatic signals in tree-ring width and stable isotopes composition of  L. Growing in the industrialized area nearby Kędzierzyn-Koźle

The main aims of these studies were dendrochronological and mass spectrometric analysis of the impact of climate on tree rings width and stable isotopes...

Climatic signals in tree-ring width and stable isotopes composition of Pinus sylvestris L. Growing in the industrialized area nearby Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Published Online: Nov 04, 2017

Page range: 240 - 255

Received: May 20, 2016

Accepted: May 09, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0070

Keywords
pine, climate, tree rings width, stable isotopes, water use efficiency

© 2017 B. Sensuła and S. Wilczyński

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Climatic signals in tree-ring width and stable isotopes composition of Pinus sylvestris L. Growing in the industrialized area nearby Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Published Online: Nov 04, 2017

Page range: 240 - 255

Received: May 20, 2016

Accepted: May 09, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0070

Keywordspine, climate, tree rings width, stable isotopes, water use efficiency

© 2017 B. Sensuła and S. Wilczyński

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pine, climate, tree rings width, stable isotopes, water use efficiency