<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Annual height increments are a very important characteristic of Scots pine. They have a direct effect on the determination of the dendrometric properties of a stand, such as volume increment. In the present study the data concern height increments of the main shoot in selected age classes of trees (age 72 to 92 years). A relationship is determined between the values of the increments and meteorological conditions such as temperature, precipitation and sunshine. On the basis of lasso regression analysis, precipitation in the year preceding the incremental season was shown to have the greatest effect on height increments of Scots pine.</p></abstract>

Annual height increments are a very important characteristic of Scots pine. They have a direct effect on the determination of the dendrometric properties of a stand, such as volume increment. In the present study the data concern height increments of the main shoot in selected age classes of trees (age 72 to 92 years). A relationship is determined between the values of the increments and meteorological conditions such as temperature, precipitation and sunshine. On the basis of lasso regression analysis, precipitation in the year preceding the incremental season was shown to have the greatest effect on height increments of Scots pine.

The influence of weather conditions on annual height increments of Scots pine

Department of Forest Management, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland

Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland

Biometrical Letters

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Annual height increments are a very important characteristic of Scots pine. They have a direct effect on the determination of the dendrometric properties of a...

The influence of weather conditions on annual height increments of Scots pine

Published Online: Dec 20, 2014

Page range: 143 - 152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2014-0010

Keywords
height increments, lasso regression, precipitation, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), sunshine, temperature

© by Katarzyna Kaźmierczak

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

The influence of weather conditions on annual height increments of Scots pine

Published Online: Dec 20, 2014

Page range: 143 - 152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2014-0010

Keywordsheight increments, lasso regression, precipitation, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), sunshine, temperature

© by Katarzyna Kaźmierczak

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

Keywords
height increments, lasso regression, precipitation, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), sunshine, temperature