Growth variability of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) natural forests: Dendroclimatic study from Krkonose National Park

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/forj-2019-0010" target="_blank" >10.2478/forj-2019-0010</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Growth variability of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) natural forests: Dendroclimatic study from Krkonose National Park

Original language description

Long-term temporal development of beech stands in relation to climatic conditions is well documented by dendrochronological analyses. The study aims to identify and describe growth factors affecting natural European beech stands (Fagus sylvatica L.) on permanent research plots in the eastern Krkonose Mountains, the Czech Republic. The paper focus on radial growth dynamics, frequency and cyclicity, and the effect of climatic factors on diameter increment of beech stands since 1850. The growth development of beech stands was significantly affected by air pollution load in 1977-1989, and increasingly frequent climate extremes in recent years (since 2010). Periodic increment events recurred in approximately 10-18 years&apos; periods. Stands on research plots responded differently to climatic factors, the main limiting factor being low temperatures during the growing season, frost damages and extreme droughts. The positive influence of temperatures on beech increments was recorded in winter, early spring, and especially in July and August of the current year. Conversely, precipitation in the previous year had higher impact on radial increment, with prevailing negative correlation. The plots were negatively affected by the decrease in sum of precipitation in February and March, but it was the temperature that influenced the beech increment most significantly. Dendrochronological analysis of close-to-nature beech stands provides valuable information on radial forest growth in response to changing climatic conditions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40102 - Forestry

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

CENTRAL EUROPEAN FORESTRY JOURNAL

ISSN

2454-034X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

65

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

92-102

UT code for WoS article

000467562700003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85065967739