Dendrochronological parameters of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L. (Fagaceae)) infested with red oak borer (Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae))

Haavik, Laurel J.; Stephen, F. M.; Fierke, Melissa K.; Salisbury, Vaughn B.; Leavitt, Steven W.; Billings, Sharon A.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.005

Cited by 34 publications

(36 citation statements)

References 56 publications

(75 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Studies of various parameters in relation to decline in oaks have only confirmed a parallel between dieback, crown diameter and the social status of trees in the stand. Trees with wider crowns and larger breast diameter were least affected (Marcu 1987;Harapin and Androić 1996), while other studies in climate-associated events have shown that both particularly high and particularly low growth can be associated with mortality (Jenkins and Pallardy 1995;Haavik et al 2008;Wyckoff and Bowers 2010).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physiological and growth response of Quercus robur in Slovenia

Čater

Levanič

2015

Dendrobiology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) forests in Slovenia are experiencing widespread mortality. Changes in lowlands reflect in decline of complete forest complexes, high mortality, uneven stand structure and associated forest regeneration problems. Prediction of the present-tree response in disturbed forest ecosystems may significantly contribute to better guideline policies for the silvicultural and forest management practice in the changing environment in both stressed and stabile forest ecosystems. On pedunculate oak floodplain site two groups of vital and declining trees were selected according to the ICP methodology. During three consequent vegetation periods (2006, 2007 and 2008), ecophysiological response of trees in controlled conditions (maximal photosynthetic rates -A max , water conditions) were recorded and compared with radial growth (tree ring width, pointer years). Growth was compared with meteorological data from closest meteorological stations to recognize and define tree response to changing growing conditions in all groups. Significant differences in light response (A max ) between declining and vital trees were observed as well as in water use efficiency (WUE) and in pre-dawn water potential (Ψpd). Beside the differences in tree-ring width, a significant difference in the year-to-year variability of tree-rings between both studied oak groups was confirmed. Vital oaks in floodplains responded positively to above average precipitation in May and June, while declining oaks with very narrow rings, usually consisting of only one row of vessels, responded negatively to above average temperature in March.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physiological and growth response of Quercus robur in Slovenia

Čater

Levanič

2015

Dendrobiology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…A dendrochronological study of oak stands performed in southern Sweden showed a significant increase in the mortality in the middle and late 1990s, believed to have been caused mainly by a severe spring and summer drought in 1992 (Drobyshev et al 2007). A time lag in the mortality-inducing event and the actual death of the tree is supported by several studies (Pedersen 1998;Marçais and Caël 2001;Haavik et al 2008), emphasizing the importance of using a wide time perspective when analyzing factors causing tree declines. To be able to clarify the mortality process, general factors affecting growth are also important to understand.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Low pre-death growth rates of oak (Quercus robur L.)—Is oak death a long-term process induced by dry years?

Andersson

Milberg

Bergman

2011

Annals of Forest Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…In the area of its natural appearance (eastern part of the North America) the red oak is also sensitive to the amount of the rainfall; summer drought was presented as a factor limiting growth (Fekedulegn et al 2003;Haavik et al 2008;Speer et al 2009;Tarrell 2009, 2011;White et al 2011). Thermal conditions were indicated as an additional factor affecting incremental dynamics of the red oaks; negative values of the correlation and regression were noted in both, southern Canada , as well as the eastern United States (Fekedulegn et al 2003;Haavik et al 2011;Pan et al 1997;Pederson et al 2004).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dendroclimatic investigations on Quercus rubra and Quercus robur in north-western Poland

Cedro

Nowak

2015

Dendrobiology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:The study was aimed at investigations of the relationships growth-climate at two oak species growing in forests of north-western Poland; the red oak, the most abundant deciduous tree species of foreign origin, in terms of the appearance sites and surface, and the common oak, the most abundant domestic oak species. The research material were samples taken with a Pressler increment borer from 51 oak trees from two research plots. Within the surfaces selected, trees grow in a fresh forest habitat, in the floral association of the lowland fertile beech forest, also called the Pomerania beech forest, with plants characteristic for the association of the lowland humid beech forest with mercuries, encountered only in the Puszcza Bukowa (Beech Forest). The trees investigated were in good and very good health conditions, only scarce branch and bough deadwood could be observed in the canopies. On the basis of measurements of the annual growth widths, three local chronologies were constructed; two for the red oak and one for the common oak. After the indexation, they were used for dendroclimatical analyses; signature years, correlation and response function. The red oaks forming the shortest chronology (79-year-long pattern representing ca. 90-year-old trees) exhibited the narrowest mean annual increments (1.27 mm), in comparison to the longer chronologies (156 and 151 years in length, the increment widths 1.55 and 1.59 mm, respectively). This could be due to relatively high density of the tree stand, formation of the second stage, beneath the main canopies, as well as lack sufficient amount of the sunlight for the red oaks from that research plot. At both the species analysed, the predominating factor affecting the annual growth widths proved to be the amount of precipitation in the growth season, particularly in June and July, as well and thermal conditions of October of the year preceding the vegetation season in question. In the time of present climatic changes, as well as shifting ranges of the species of plants and animals (including insect pests of the forest trees), knowledge of the relation growth-climate for one of the foreign trees, most often introduced in Poland, characterized by fast growth, resistance on insect pests, and high quality of wood, becomes highly important for the forest management, particularly at planning seedlings, of which effects would be possible to evaluate in over 100 years.

show abstract

Dendrochronological parameters of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L. (Fagaceae)) infested with red oak borer (Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae))

Cited by 34 publications

References 56 publications

Physiological and growth response of Quercus robur in Slovenia

Physiological and growth response of Quercus robur in Slovenia

Low pre-death growth rates of oak (Quercus robur L.)—Is oak death a long-term process induced by dry years?

Dendroclimatic investigations on Quercus rubra and Quercus robur in north-western Poland

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About