Tree ring growth as a response of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from Rudnik Forest District to climatic factors

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2019-07-25

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the sensitivity of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from the Rudnik Forest District on the selected meteorological elements and to develop a chronology of local tree-ring width and the annual sensitivity. Based on the analysis, the site chronology of silver fir was developed and the strength of the relationship between the climate components and the width of annual rings was calculated. In addition, we examined the degree of homogeneity of short-term incremental response, rated the representativeness of the chronology and climate signal strength. Having analysed the indicator years, namely 1932–2013, we concluded that the growth of firs was positively in fluenced mainly by air temperature in winter, and to a lesser extent, by precipitation in spring and summer. The main factors that limit its growth are cold winters, cool and low rainfall summers, and rainy springs.

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© 2019 Monika Tomczyk-Kida et al., published by Sciendo. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 . The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A – Forestry, 2019, Vol. 61 (2), 135–145, available online at: https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ffp-2019-0013 . Keywords: Abies alba; climate; dendrochronology; dendroclimatology; dendrochronological analysis; Silver Fir; Europe; Poland.

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Tomczyk-Kida, M., Durło,G. & Wilczyński, S. (2019). Tree ring growth as a response of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from Rudnik Forest District to climatic factors. Folia Forestalia Polonica, 61(2) 135-145. https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2019-0013

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