How wind affects growth in treeline Picea abies
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/17:10364302
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00035-017-0186-x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00035-017-0186-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00035-017-0186-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00035-017-0186-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How wind affects growth in treeline Picea abies
Original language description
Globally, treeline position is driven by temperaturesnduring the growing season. Nevertheless, at regionalnscales, the position of uppermost tree stands also reflectsnother climatic factors, including wind action. It remainsnuncertain, however, how much do intense winds depressnthe treeline below its potential position. Our objective wasnto quantify the effect of wind speed on the possible depressionnof upper forest margins below the potential treelinenin a windy mountain range with the treeline located closento summit areas. In the Giant Mountains, Czech Republic,ngrowth parameters and symptoms of wind-induced loss ofnbiomass were determined for Norway spruce (Picea abiesn[L] Karst.) in 70 plots distributed along a gradient of windnspeed within the treeline ecotone. Wind speed was modellednfor each plot. General linear models were appliednto discern the effect of wind on tree growth. Our resultsnshow that high wind speeds are reflected in the presence ofnclonal tree islands and irregular tree crowns. Despite evidentnwind-induced biomass loss, radial growth was not significantlynaffected, and the effect of wind on height incrementnwas limited only to parts of the stem from 2 m abovenground. Considering that the height growth was substantiallynreduced by wind in about half of the treeline area, and wind was able to limit only growth of trees taller than 2 m,nthe overall wind-induced depression of highest treelinenpositions is probably low, even in windy mountain regions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Alpine Botany
ISSN
1664-2201
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
127
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1-12
UT code for WoS article
000410792300002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85014005102