<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Dendroclimatic studies were carried out in the experimental stands composed of many tree species situated in the Polish part of the Baltic sea-coast. Increment cores were taken from a 100-years old trees of 2 native species: Norway spruce (<italic>Picea abies (L.) Karst.</italic>), and Scots pine (<italic>Pinus sylvestris</italic> L.) and 3 nonnative species: Douglas fir (<italic>Pseudotsuga menziesii</italic> (Mirb.) Franco), Sitka spruce (<italic>Picea sitchensis</italic> (Bong.) Carr.) and Silver fir (<italic>Abies alba</italic> Mill.). Thirty trees of each species were cored. The relationships between the diameter increment and the thermal and pluvial conditions during the period from 1925 to 2005 were analyzed on the basis of standardized tree-ring chronologies and climatic data. It was found that precipitation and temperature of the growing season and months preceding that season affected the annual diameter increment of all investigated tree species. The current year winter and early spring temperatures as well as February and August precipitation had a similar effect on the variation of diameter increment of trees. On the other hand thermal and pluvial conditions of the current year June differentiated the increment rhythm of individual species. A very strong negative effect on diameter growth of trees was observed in the case of winter and early spring frosts. Norway spruce turned out to be a species most resistant to low temperatures. The investigated tree species, especially Norway spruce, was susceptible to water deficiency in the soil during spring and summer. In the case of Scots pine a high precipitation in June stimulated its growth. The diameter increments of Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, Scots pine, and Silver fir were more strongly connected with air temperature than with precipitation. So called all-species chronology of tree-ring width, constructed during this study, permitted to verify the factors having a similar effect on growth response of the investigated tree species. It reflected the mutual characteristics of diameter increments of trees of various species.</p></abstract>

Dendroclimatic studies were carried out in the experimental stands composed of many tree species situated in the Polish part of the Baltic sea-coast. Increment cores were taken from a 100-years old trees of 2 native species: Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and 3 nonnative species: Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) and Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.). Thirty trees of each species were cored. The relationships between the diameter increment and the thermal and pluvial conditions during the period from 1925 to 2005 were analyzed on the basis of standardized tree-ring chronologies and climatic data. It was found that precipitation and temperature of the growing season and months preceding that season affected the annual diameter increment of all investigated tree species. The current year winter and early spring temperatures as well as February and August precipitation had a similar effect on the variation of diameter increment of trees. On the other hand thermal and pluvial conditions of the current year June differentiated the increment rhythm of individual species. A very strong negative effect on diameter growth of trees was observed in the case of winter and early spring frosts. Norway spruce turned out to be a species most resistant to low temperatures. The investigated tree species, especially Norway spruce, was susceptible to water deficiency in the soil during spring and summer. In the case of Scots pine a high precipitation in June stimulated its growth. The diameter increments of Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, Scots pine, and Silver fir were more strongly connected with air temperature than with precipitation. So called all-species chronology of tree-ring width, constructed during this study, permitted to verify the factors having a similar effect on growth response of the investigated tree species. It reflected the mutual characteristics of diameter increments of trees of various species.

The Effect of Climate on Tree-Ring Chronologies of Native and Nonnative Tree Species Growing Under Homogenous Site Conditions

Department of Forest Protection and Forest Climatology, University of Agriculture, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland

Geochronometria

Dendroclimatic studies were carried out in the experimental stands composed of many tree species situated in the Polish part of the Baltic sea-coast. Increment...

The Effect of Climate on Tree-Ring Chronologies of Native and Nonnative Tree Species Growing Under Homogenous Site Conditions

Published Online: Nov 16, 2009

Page range: 49 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10003-009-0006-4

Keywords
dendrochronology, dendroclimatology, dendroecology, tree-ring chronology, native, nonnative, Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Abies alba, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Picea sitchensis

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The Effect of Climate on Tree-Ring Chronologies of Native and Nonnative Tree Species Growing Under Homogenous Site Conditions

Published Online: Nov 16, 2009

Page range: 49 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10003-009-0006-4

Keywordsdendrochronology, dendroclimatology, dendroecology, tree-ring chronology, native, nonnative, Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Abies alba, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Picea sitchensis

This content is open access.

Keywords
dendrochronology, dendroclimatology, dendroecology, tree-ring chronology, native, nonnative, Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Abies alba, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Picea sitchensis