Connecting potential frost damage events identified from meteorological records to radial growth variation in Norway spruce and Scots pine

Suvanto, Susanne; Henttonen, Helena M.; Nöjd, Pekka; Helama, Samuli; Repo, Tapani; Timonen, Mauri; Mäkinen, Harri

doi:10.1007/s00468-017-1590-y

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“…In the polar and alpine ecotone in Finnish Lapland, the TRW of Scots pine did not respond with wider increments to ever warmer and more humid conditions in the winter period, most likely due to the ubiquitous occurrence of snow cover and strong wind [4]. The influence of low temperatures in the absence of an insulating snow cover on the size of TRW of the characteristic tree species in Finland was also studied by Suvanto et al [10]. However, researchers from Finland failed to find significant reductions in secondary wood growth associated with the variables studied, including: minimum air temperature and total air temperature < 0 • C in the absence of snow cover.…”

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The Impact of Climate Change and Strong Anthropopressure on the Annual Growth of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Wood Growing in Eastern Poland

Kalbarczyk

Ziemiańska

Nieróbca

et al. 2018

Forests

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Changes in annual tree ring width (TRW) and its size depends not only on the changing climate and natural stress factors such as extreme air temperatures, shortages in rainfall and excess rainfall during the growing season, but also on anthropogenic stress, including chemical compounds emitted to the atmosphere or lowering of the groundwater table caused by the operations of plants with high environmental impact. The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of meteorological conditions and anthropogenic factors on the size of annual growth of Scots pine tree-stands in the conditions of the climate of central-eastern Poland. On the basis of five created site chronologies in the vicinity of Zakłady Azotowe Puławy (nitrogen factories in Puławy) and using the moving correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis, a significant influence of temperature and precipitation conditions on the TRW size is proved. A significant, positive influence of air temperature on TRW was proved for the majority of chronologies created in the period of January–March, as well as in June, while it remained negative in May. The wide rings of Scots pines were formed when the precipitation of October and January (prior to the resumption of cambium activity) was lower than the average, and higher in April and in June–August. After including the anthropopressure factors in the regression equations, the description of the variability of the annual tree ring width was corrected. The coefficient of determination ranged from approx. 29% to even above 45% and was higher, on average by 10%, for all studied chronologies of Scots pine compared to the one calculated for constructed equations considering only meteorological conditions. The strength and direction of the impact of the independent variables (SO2, NH3, NOx) analysed on TRW mainly depended on the distance from the plants, as well as on the direction of inflow of industrial pollution to the stands examined. In light of the proven climate changes in central and eastern Poland, the growth conditions of pine stands will most likely deteriorate.

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The Impact of Climate Change and Strong Anthropopressure on the Annual Growth of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Wood Growing in Eastern Poland

Kalbarczyk

Ziemiańska

Nieróbca

et al. 2018

Forests

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“…In the case of Silver fir, young individuals growing in the shade showed a delayed dormancy break compared to trees growing in the sun which resulted in a reduced impact of late frost damage on leaves and shoots (Spulak and Martincova, 2015). In both tree species, late frost events result in radial growth reductions (Dittmar et al, 2006;Latreille et al, 2017;Príncipe et al, 2017) despite it is expected that the growth of the deciduous beech should be more negatively impacted by spring frost than that of the evergreen Silver fir (Cailleret and Hendrik, 2011;Suvanto et al, 2017). However, warm conditions followed by very low temperatures may also cause needle damage and canopy dieback as trees are exposed to repeated freeze-thaw cycles leading to winter frost drought in conifers (Camarero et al, 2015a).…”

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Summer drought and spring frost, but not their interaction, constrain European beech and Silver fir growth in their southern distribution limits

Gazol

Camarero

Colangelo

et al. 2019

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

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“…However, the remainder of EGRs was probably caused by climatic extremes other than those explicitly considered in this study. Temperate conifers of Central Europe also react to spring droughts and frosts at relatively short timescales (e.g., cold spells) which are not represented in data with monthly resolution (Suvanto et al, 2017; Trotsiuk et al, 2020; Vitasse et al, 2019). Assignment of EGRs to climatic triggers was supported by statistical tests, which means that this assignment also has a certain degree of associated uncertainty.…”

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Trends in climatically driven extreme growth reductions of Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris in Central Europe

Treml

Mašek

Tumajer

et al. 2021

Global Change Biology

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Extreme tree growth reductions represent events of abrupt forest productivity decline and carbon sequestration reduction. An increase in their magnitude can represent an early warning signal of impending tree mortality. Yet the long‐term trends in extreme growth reductions remain largely unknown. We analyzed the trends in the proportion of trees exhibiting extreme growth reductions in two Central‐European conifer species—Pinus sylvestris (PISY) and Picea abies (PCAB)—between 1901 and 2018. We used a novel approach for extreme growth reduction quantification by relating their size to their mean recurrence interval. Twenty‐eight sites throughout Czechia and Slovakia with 1120 ring width series representing high‐ and low‐elevation forests were inspected for extreme growth reductions with recurrence intervals of 15 and 50 years along with their link to climatic drivers. Our results show the greatest growth reductions at low‐elevation PCAB sites, indicating high vulnerability of PCAB to drought. The proportions of trees exhibiting extreme growth reductions increased over time at low‐elevation PCAB, decreased recently following an abrupt increase in the 1970–1980s at high‐elevation PCAB, and showed nonsignificant trends in high‐ and low‐elevation PISY. Climatic drivers of extreme growth reductions, however, shifted over time for all site categories as the proportion of low‐temperature‐induced extreme growth reductions declined since the 1990s, whereas events caused by drought consistently increased in frequency during the same period. We observed higher growth volatility at the lower range of distribution compared with the upper range margin of PISY and PCAB. This will undoubtedly considerably impact tree growth and vitality as temperatures and incidence of drought in Central Europe are expected to further increase with ongoing climate change.

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Connecting potential frost damage events identified from meteorological records to radial growth variation in Norway spruce and Scots pine

Cited by 10 publications

References 52 publications

The Impact of Climate Change and Strong Anthropopressure on the Annual Growth of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Wood Growing in Eastern Poland

The Impact of Climate Change and Strong Anthropopressure on the Annual Growth of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Wood Growing in Eastern Poland

Summer drought and spring frost, but not their interaction, constrain European beech and Silver fir growth in their southern distribution limits

Trends in climatically driven extreme growth reductions of Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris in Central Europe

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