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Influence of Temperature and Moisture on the Radial Growth of Scots Pine and Norway Spruce in Kaunas, Lithuania

Lithuania 의 Kaunas 지역 구주소나무와 독일가문비의 연륜생장에 대한 기온과 수분의 영향

  • Karpavichus J. (Laboratory of Dendroclimatochronology, Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 226007, India) ;
  • J. Kairaitis (Laboratory of Dendroclimatochronology, Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 226007, India) ;
  • R.R. Yadav (Laboratory of Dendroclimatochronology, Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 226007, India)
  • Published : 1996.08.01
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Abstract

Ring-width chronologies of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) from two experimental forest plots in Kaunas, Lithuania were developed to study tree growth-climate relationship in different geohydrological conditions using response function analysis. The tree ring-width chronologies of Scots pine ranged from 1883~1987 A.D. and 1864~1989 A.D., and Norway spruce 1838~1987 A.D. and 2870~1989 A.D., respectively. The response function analysis has vividly demonstrated that the growth of Scots pine is favoured by warm summer and Norway spruce by cool and moist summer. Spring temperature has shown direct relationship with tree growth of both the species. There also exists notable intraspecies analogies in growth responses except some minor differences.

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