Tree – ring growth response of scots pine (Pinus Sylvestris l.) to climate change / Nur Idzhainee Hashim, Rob Marrs and Nor Hanisah Mohd Hashim

Hashim, Nur Idzhainee and Rob, Marrs and Mohd Hashim, Nor Hanisah (2017) Tree – ring growth response of scots pine (Pinus Sylvestris l.) to climate change / Nur Idzhainee Hashim, Rob Marrs and Nor Hanisah Mohd Hashim. Journal of Academia, 5 (1). pp. 69-81. ISSN 2289-6368

Abstract

Dendrochronology is the scientific discipline of determining the relationship between tree growth
and climate , and is determined using the annual growth rings. This provides a potential method for
monitoring climate change. Climate usually acts as a major factor influencing the tree growth. Here, the effects of climate of a conifer species was assessed in relation to measured climatic variables. Tree cores of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) w ere sampled from a forestry plantation at Hordron Edge, Derbyshire to determine the relationship between ann ual growth incremen t and four climate
variables (maximum temperature, minimum temperature, grass minim um temperature and rainfall). Standard dendrochronological techniques were used to collect, prepare and measure tree–ring width increments . Climate data were derived from the British Atmospheric Data
Centre (BADC) from 1921–2013. Tree-ring widths were as cross referenced to the climate data to enable growth dynamics of (Pinus sylvestris) to be investigated. In this study there was no significan t correlation between growth and climatic variables; overall average mean sensitivity ( m s ) was 0.28 mm, only five of the 20 trees were sensitive to climate ( m s >0.3) with the other 15 trees being
complacen t ( m s <0.3). The growth incremen t index p ortra yed a cyclic pattern of tree growth through time with peaks (fast growth) and troughs (slow growth) throughout the period. There were no significan t first-order relationships found between tree growth indices and any of the four climatic variables tested. This result suggests that cl ima t ic variables were not significan t in controlling tree growth at this site.

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Hashim, Nur Idzhainee
idzhainee@salam.uitm.edu.my
Rob, Marrs
UNSPECIFIED
Mohd Hashim, Nor Hanisah
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Subjects: S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) > Agriculture and the environment
S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan > Kuala Pilah Campus
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Academia
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Journal of Academia (JoA)
ISSN: 2289-6368
Volume: 5
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 69-81
Keywords: Tree – ring growth response of scots pine (Pinus Sylvestris l.) to climate change
Date: 2017
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29463
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