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Analysis of the Climate Signal in Subannual Width Measurements of Pinus nigra Tree Rings in Kastamonu Province, Turkey      
Yazarlar
Mehvish Majeed
Emanuel Stoica
Davıd M Meko
Ramzi Touchan
Prof. Dr. Fatih SİVRİKAYA
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Alin Madalin Alexandru
Laia Casanovas Arimon
Revaz Kvaratskhelia
Sophio Maglakelidze
Joren Mundane Pacaldo
Deeksha Deeksha
Özet
Black pine (Pinus nigra) is a widely distributed tree species across southern Europe and Asia Minor. This article summarizes a dendroclimatological study of subannual P. nigra ring width conducted during an international summer course "Tree Rings, Climate, Natural Resources, and Human Interaction" in 2022. Increment cores were collected from 15 young (oldest 105 years) P. nigra trees in the Araç Forest District in Kastamonu Province, Turkey. Site chronologies of earlywood (EW) and latewood (LW) width were developed to investigate climatic signals using correlation analysis. Results show that EW and LW chronologies are significantly correlated with one another (r = 0.56, n = 105, p < 0.001) and positively correlated with precipitation in the months April-September of the growth year. The month of strongest correlation shifts from April for EW to July for LW. Analysis of seasonally aggregated climate data further shows that EW but not LW responds positively to precipitation in the preceding summer (July-September). These results suggest that future tree-ring studies aimed at tree-growth impact of climate change in the Black Sea region of Turkey exploit the climate signal in subannual ring widths of P. nigra.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Black Sea,Pinus nigra,dendrochronology,latewood,earlywood,climate
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Tree-Ring Society
Dergi ISSN 1536-1098
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili Türkçe
Basım Tarihi 08-2023
Cilt No 79
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 50 / 59
Doi Numarası 10.3959/2022-12
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.3959/2022-12