Dendrochronological zoning of Scots pine in Belarus
https://doi.org/10.29235/1029-8940-2020-65-4-441-453
Abstract
The features of the increment dynamics of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in different regions of Belarus and the influence of climatic factors on it were analyzed. The dendrochronological zoning of Scots pine in Belarus (3 regions, 7 districts) has been developed for the first time on the basis of the identified responses. Master chronologies (98-170 years) were built for each from 7 dendrochronological districts. The temperatures of the winter months, March and April, as well as the amount of precipitations in June and July are the main climatic factors that determine the growth of pine in Belarus. It were established a significant decrease in the impact of precipitation during growing seasons on the tree increment from south to north on the one hand and an increase in the impact of spring and winter temperatures on the other.
Supporting agencies: This researches were carried out as part of the project 1.06 “Assessing the Impact of Urbanization and Land Reclamation on the Climate, Water, Land, and Forest Resources of Belarus”, the State Program of Scientific Research “Nature Management and Ecology”. The author thanks all colleges from the laboratory of productivity and stability of plant communities of the Institute of Experimental Botany of the NAS of Belarus, who helped in the collection and processing of material over the years
About the Author
M. V. Yermokhin
V.F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Maxim V. Yermokhin - Ph. D. (Biol.), Head of the Laboratory.
27, Aka-demicheskaya Str., 220072, Minsk
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