In: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, vol. 68, no. 4
Adriana Leštianska - Peter Fleischer Jr. - Peter Fleischer - Katarína Merganičová - Katarína Střelcová
Details:
Year, pages: 2020, 368 - 381
Language: eng
Keywords:
Dendrometer; Circumference changes; Stem water deficit; Drought; Stem shrinkage; Wavelet analysis.
Original source URL: http://www.ih.sav.sk/jhh
About article:
We monitored seasonal dynamics of stem water status of four coniferous species (Abies alba, Larix decidua,
Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris) planted at the Borová hora Arboretum (300 m a.s.l., Zvolen valley, Central Slovakia)
beyond their ecological and production optima, in the region with warmer and drier climate compared to the sites of their
origin. Species-specific stem water deficit and maximum daily shrinkage were extracted from diurnal band dendrometer
records of stem circumference recorded by digital band dendrometers DRL26 installed on five trees per species, and
correlations with environmental variables were analysed. The seasonal stem circumference increment of all tree species
was higher in 2017 than in the drier and hotter year of 2018. The greatest seasonal stem circumference increment in the
observed periods of 2017 and 2018 was observed for A. alba and P. sylvestris, respectively. The highest and lowest
values of daily and seasonal stem water deficit were observed for L. decidua and A. alba, respectively. The analysis of
trees' short-term response to extreme climate events seems to be the promising and suitable method for detecting tree
species tolerance towards drought.
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Leštianska, A., Fleischer Jr., P., Fleischer, P., Merganičová, K., Střelcová, K. 2020. Interspecific variation in growth and tree water status of conifers under
water-limited conditions. In Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, vol. 68, no.4, pp. 368-381. 0042-790X (until 2019) . DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2020-0028
APA:
Leštianska, A., Fleischer Jr., P., Fleischer, P., Merganičová, K., Střelcová, K. (2020). Interspecific variation in growth and tree water status of conifers under
water-limited conditions. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 68(4), 368-381. 0042-790X (until 2019) . DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2020-0028
About edition:
Publisher: VEDA, Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Published: 15. 12. 2020