Growth response to climatic factors and drought events in Quercus variabilis trees of different diameter classes at south aspect of Taihang Mountains, China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202108.012

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the effects of diameter class on the climate-growth relationship of trees, the width chronologies of ringwood, earlywood, and latewood of Quercus variabilis were established in the low altitude area of the south aspect of the Taihang Mountains. We estimated the sensitivity of radial growth of two diameter classes of Q. variabilis plantation to climate. The effects of drought events on Q. variabilis plantation was quantified by superimposed time analysis. Under climate change, we aimed to provide reference data for sustainable management of Q. variabilis. Our results showed that the mean sensitivity of ringwood and latewood of large diameter classes were higher than small diameter classes. The mean sensitivities of earlywood of small diameter classes were higher than large diameter classes. The latewood was the most sensitive component of tree-ring. The responses of the standard chronological indices of two diameter classes to climate factors were similar. The growth of ringwood and latewood of small diameter classes were more sensitive to the climatic factors from June to August. The earlywood was more sensitive to the climatic factors before the growing season (from January to February). Furthermore, the earlywood of large diameter classes was more sensitive to the climatic factors of the last year, with a stronger hysteresis effect. It suggested that Q. variabilis was sensitive to drought. The radial growth of Q. variabilis of ringwood and latewood in drought year was significantly lower than that of last year. The reduction of Q. variabilis with large diameters was higher than that of small diameters, but with higher growth recovery degree after drought.

Key words: Quercus variabilis, radial growth, climate response, drought

JIA Han-sen, GAO Jun, ZHANG Jin-song, MENG Ping, SUN Shou-jia. Growth response to climatic factors and drought events in Quercus variabilis trees of different diameter classes at south aspect of Taihang Mountains, China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 32(8): 2857-2865.

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