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Recent growth trends of black pine (Pinus nigra JF Arnold) in the eastern mediterranean

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dc.creator KINT, Vincent
dc.creator Mert, AHMET
dc.creator MUYS, Bart
dc.creator Ozkan, Kürşad
dc.creator Bontemps, Jean-Daniel
dc.creator Icel, Bilgin
dc.creator Kose, Nesibe
dc.creator JANSSEN, Ellen
dc.date 2018-03-14T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T11:00:30Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T11:00:30Z
dc.identifier aeba6962-0217-4214-8201-77bd9c0ee52a
dc.identifier 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.047
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/aeba6962-0217-4214-8201-77bd9c0ee52a/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/69297
dc.description Past and present environmental changes cause significant changes in tree growth in many parts of the world, where both decreasing and increasing growth trends have been detected over the last decades. The Mediterranean basin is especially sensitive to climate change and subsequent tree growth declines. In this article, we present the first study on recent tree growth trends in Turkey. Pinus nigra is a drought-sensitive species and one of the most common and economically important native conifers to Turkey. Tree-ring cores were taken from 61 Pinus nigra plots spread over the entire Lakes District (Southwest Turkey), near the species' southern range limit. The samples cover the 1839-2013 time period. We apply the Regional Curve Standardization technique and statistical modeling to the tree ring width data to investigate long-term growth trends. Both methods show remarkably similar results: a slowly increasing growth trend until the 1970s, followed by a decreasing trend. This recent negative trend is highly correlated with increased temperature and drought in summer, which suggests that it is likely caused by climate change.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Recent growth trends of black pine (Pinus nigra JF Arnold) in the eastern mediterranean
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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