Specificity of response reaction of Norway spruce to global climate change
2013
Luguza, S., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Liepa, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Baltmanis, R., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia)
This research deals with tendencies of growth of Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) Karst. during last 50 years (1960 – 2010) in eastern part of Latvia emphasizing trendal specificity of active periods during the first (t1: 1960-1985) and the second (t2: 1986-2010) time interval. There have been 150 superior stand trees bored in six mixed pine-spruce Pinus sylvestris L. – Picea abies (L.) H.Karst. stands. An active period of factor’s impact is the time span when some meteorological factor (decade average, minimal or maximal temperature and sum of decade precipitation) influences an increase of annual ring width significantly. Comparing average temperatures from two weather stations included in this research the difference between interval t1 and t2 is approximately 1 °C. Active periods of temperature impact on growth of Norway spruce in eastern part of Latvia during last decades have changed not only their location but also an impact direction from positive to negative. Minimal and maximal decade temperatures are those mostly determinating the radial growth of Norway spruce in the eastern part of Latvia. Interval t2 is quite rich in active periods both from minimal and maximal decade temperature. Research results prove hypothesis about trendal shift of meteorological factors’ impact active periods due to climate change. An increase in decade precipitation level in winter caused annual ring growth positively both in the interval t1 as well as in t2.
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