Comparative dendroclimatic study of Scots pine, Norway spruce, and silver fir in the Vrancea Range, Eastern Carpathian Mountains

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作者
Bouriaud, O. [1 ]
Popa, I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Forest Res & Management Inst ICAS, Res Stn Norway Spruce Silviculture, Campulung Moldovonesc 725100, Romania
来源
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION | 2009年 / 23卷 / 01期
关键词
Dendroclimatology; Carpathian Mountains; Drought; Chronological variability; Conifers; RING-WIDTH CHRONOLOGIES; ABIES L. KARST; PICEA-ABIES; TREE-GROWTH; ALPINE TIMBERLINE; SUMMER DROUGHT; LARIX-DECIDUA; RED SPRUCE; CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;
D O I
10.1007/s00468-008-0258-z
中图分类号
S7 [林业];
学科分类号
0829 ; 0907 ;
摘要
Using dendroclimatical methods, we compared the growth response to climate fluctuations of three of the main Romanian Carpathian Mountains coniferous species, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), growing intermixed in a unique stand. Climate and soil conditions were therefore the same for all the trees studied. The experimental site was chosen to be representative of the south-exposed sites in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains, where pine occurs naturally. In order to investigate the consequences of fluctuations in climate at different temporal scales, we examined both inter-annual and decadal time-steps. An index of soil water deficit was computed to investigate the consequences of drought. Our study reveals that species exhibited different responses to precipitation, temperature or drought. Overall, pine was the most sensitive to precipitation, while spruce showed a higher response to temperature at high frequency for both the current and the previous growing seasons, and to soil water deficit. Fir was the least sensitive species of the comparison. However, for all species, decadal modulations of growth show precipitation as a common and strong driver on the dry south-facing slopes. The results show that Scots pine would be affected more than fir by increased drought frequency and could in the future be replaced on the xeric sites.
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