Growth Response of Red Oaks to Climatic Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Implications for Bottomland Hardwood Restoration with a Changing Climate
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Data
2.3. Selecting the Most Appropriate Windows for Climate Variables
2.4. Estimating the Statistical Relationship between Annual Tree Ring Growth Rate and Climatic Conditions
2.5. Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on the Tree Ring Growth
3. Results
3.1. Most Appropriate Time Windows for Climate Variables
3.2. Relationships between Annual Radial Growth Rate and Climatic Conditions
3.3. Impacts of Climate Change on the Radial Growth Rate of Red Oaks
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Independent Variable | Collinearity Statistics | ||||||
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β | Standard Error | Standard Beta | t-Value | p-Value | Tolerance | VIF | |
Constant | 51.463 | 1.918 | 26.84 | <0.001 | |||
Year | −0.026 | 0.001 | −0.761 | −25.68 | <0.001 | 0.57 | 1.75 |
Tmin(pDec, cJan) | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.172 | 5.54 | <0.001 | 0.52 | 1.92 |
Tavg(pOct, pOct) | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.168 | 5.71 | <0.001 | 0.58 | 1.72 |
P(cApr, cJul) | −0.011 | 0.003 | −0.151 | −3.99 | <0.001 | 0.35 | 2.84 |
Tmax(cJan, cAug) | −0.007 | 0.003 | −0.108 | −2.57 | 0.010 | 0.29 | 3.49 |
Tmin(pDec, cJan):DNUT | −0.001 | <0.001 | −0.155 | −6.87 | <0.001 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
Species | RCP 4.5 | RCP 8.5 | ||
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2030–2048 | 2080–2099 | 2030–2048 | 2080–2099 | |
Cherry bark & Shumard Oaks | 0.27 | 1.76 | 1.04 | 4.66 |
Nuttall Oak | 0.28 | 1.41 | 0.94 | 3.63 |
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Choi, J.; Tian, N.; Gan, J.; Pelkki, M.; Mhotsha, O. Growth Response of Red Oaks to Climatic Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Implications for Bottomland Hardwood Restoration with a Changing Climate. Climate 2023, 11, 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11010010
Choi J, Tian N, Gan J, Pelkki M, Mhotsha O. Growth Response of Red Oaks to Climatic Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Implications for Bottomland Hardwood Restoration with a Changing Climate. Climate. 2023; 11(1):10. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11010010
Chicago/Turabian StyleChoi, Junyeong, Nana Tian, Jianbang Gan, Matthew Pelkki, and Ouname Mhotsha. 2023. "Growth Response of Red Oaks to Climatic Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Implications for Bottomland Hardwood Restoration with a Changing Climate" Climate 11, no. 1: 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11010010