London Plane Bark Exfoliation and Tree-Ring Growth in Urban Environments
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F23%3A00133840" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/23:00133840 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/86652079:_____/23:00617176
Result on the web
<a href="https://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/49/6/299" target="_blank" >https://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/49/6/299</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2023.021" target="_blank" >10.48044/jauf.2023.021</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
London Plane Bark Exfoliation and Tree-Ring Growth in Urban Environments
Original language description
Background: Bark exfoliation is a common feature of London planes (Platanus × acerifolia) that reportedly increases during periods of drought-induced stem shrinkage. Here, we explore the spatial patterns and potential drivers of plane bark exfoliation in Mainz, a central European city of 220,000 inhabitants, following the exceptional summer drought of 2018. Methods: We estimate the degree of bark exfoliation of 349 urban plane trees across the city and use stem microcores to analyze their tree-ring widths from 2006 to 2019. Further to impervious cover, settlement structure and vegetation cover in the vicinity of each tree, we investigate the relationships between bark exfoliation and tree, site, and climate factors. Results: Results indicate that plane bark exfoliation correlates significantly with tree size and inner bark width (both p < 0.001) but is independent of impervious cover and local site conditions. Similarly, stem growth does not change within the city underlining the resilience of London planes to cope with highly diverse urban site conditions. Plane tree-ring widths were only weakly associated with exfoliation estimates (p < 0.05) but strongly controlled by cold season temperatures (p < 0.001). Conclusions: As tree growth was also not affected by summer drought, potential detrimental effects by limited infiltration, increased runoff and altered evaporation are of less concern for the plane trees in Mainz. Projected winter warming is likely to enhance urban plane growth in upcoming decades.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10500 - Earth and related environmental sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000797" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000797: SustES - Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Arboriculture and Urban Forestry
ISSN
1935-5297
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
49
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
299-312
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85184773035