Effect of Temperature on Radial Growth of Beech and Pine Saplings in the First and Second Year of the Experiment: a Comparison

Jožica Gričar

doi:10.5552/drind.2014.1344

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Effect of Temperature on Radial Growth of Beech and Pine Saplings in the First and Second Year of the Experiment: a Comparison

Highlights

IntroductionDue to global warming and climate change, growing conditions are expected to change in Slovenia in the coming decades and this will affect the biodiversity and production of its forest ecosystems (Kutnar et al, 2009)
The aim of the study was to monitor the seasonal dynamics of radial growth in one to two-year old saplings of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under three different temperature regimes: greenhouse (G), cooling chamber (C) and outdoors (K)
The results showed that the patterns of the radial growth of beech saplings exposed to different temperature conditions were similar, especially in 2010

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Introduction

Due to global warming and climate change, growing conditions are expected to change in Slovenia in the coming decades and this will affect the biodiversity and production of its forest ecosystems (Kutnar et al, 2009). It is impossible to predict with certainty the long-term extent of the consequences, because the relationship of phenological events and tree productivity to climate is complex and not a simple matter of threshold values and monotonic responses (Jolly et al, 2005; Pichler and Oberhuber, 2007; Prislan et al, 2013). Species’ response to climate change will be different, which will greatly affect their distribution and competition capacity in mixed stands and natural ecosystems, since tree migration will be influenced in the long-term. In order to adapt to the coming changes, it is necessary to understand the impact of climate change on forest ecosystems and to develop new approaches in forest and woodland management, based on the concept of sustainable management

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