Influence of Climate on Radial Growth of Black Pine on the Mountain Regions of Southwestern Turkey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Area
4.2. Tree-Ring Chronologies and Climate Data
4.3. Identifying Relationship between Tree Growth and Climate
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site Code | Site Name | No. of the Trees/Cores | Aspect | Elevation | Time Span | Mean Sensitivity | Variance in First Eigenvector | |
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South slope of Sandıras Mountain | AGA | Köyceğiz (Ağla) lower limit of black pine forest | 15/31 | S | 1310–1370 | 1770–2010 | 0.22 | 47.37 |
AGU | Köyceğiz (Ağla) upper limit of black pine forest | 16/33 | S and SW | 1815–1890 | 1712–2010 | 0.16 | 33.98 | |
North slope of Sandıras Mountain | CIA | Beyağaç (Eksere/Çiçekli) lower limit of black pine forest | 16/32 | S | 1395–1425 | 1427–2010 | 0.27 | 56.15 |
CIU | Beyağaç (Eksere/Çiçekli) upper limit of black pine forest | 16/34 | S | 1805–1850 | 1191–2010 | 0.14 | 23.86 |
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Doğan, M.; Köse, N. Influence of Climate on Radial Growth of Black Pine on the Mountain Regions of Southwestern Turkey. Plants 2019, 8, 276. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8080276
Doğan M, Köse N. Influence of Climate on Radial Growth of Black Pine on the Mountain Regions of Southwestern Turkey. Plants. 2019; 8(8):276. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8080276
Chicago/Turabian StyleDoğan, Mehmet, and Nesibe Köse. 2019. "Influence of Climate on Radial Growth of Black Pine on the Mountain Regions of Southwestern Turkey" Plants 8, no. 8: 276. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8080276