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Interpretation of Diameter Growth Pattern and Correlation of Climatic Factors with Diameter Growth for Quercus Species Based on Tree-Ring Measurement  

Shin Chang-Seob (Scientific Forest, College of Agriculture, Life & Environment Sciences, Chungbuk National Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.8, no.3, 2006 , pp. 145-151 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the annual variation in diameter growth of Quercus spp. and climatic factors such as monthly temperature, precipitation and solar radiation in central and northern Korea. Annual diameter growth was measured by using stem cores of 262 Quercus trees, and the correlation between the diameter growth and the climatic factors was analyzed. Mean diameter growth of Quercus spp. in Jungwangsan was larger than that in Woraksan, and mean diameter growth by the species was large in order of Q. serrata>Q. variablis>Q. mongolica>Q. dentata. The diameter growth pattern of Quercus spp. in Woraksan was different from that in Jungwangsan. Positive correlations between diameter growth of Quercus trees and temperature or the solar radiation during July were found in Jungwangsan. Significant correlations between diameter growth and solar radiation during March and precipitation during June were found in Woraksan. It is suggested that climatic factors similarly affect the diameter growth of Quercus spp. in a mountainous terrain, but influences of the climatic factors depend on other environmental conditions such as altitude, topography and soil depth.
Keywords
Climate factor; Cross dating; Quercus spp; Growth pattern; Diameter growth;
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