EJPAU 2007. Feliksik E. , Orzeł S. , Wilczyński S. DENDROMETRIC AND DENDROCLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF BLACK LOCUST

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2007
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Issue 2

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Feliksik E. , Orzeł S. , Wilczyński S. 2007. DENDROMETRIC AND DENDROCLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF BLACK LOCUST, EJPAU 10(2), #07.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume10/issue2/abs-07.html

DENDROMETRIC AND DENDROCLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF BLACK LOCUST

Edward Feliksik¹, Stanisław Orzeł², Sławomir Wilczyński¹
¹ Department of Forest Protection and Forest Climatology, Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
² Department of Forest Mensuration, Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out in the 78-year-old black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) stand growing in the Krosno Odrzańskie Forest District in western Poland. Its aims were to evaluate biometric characteristics of trees and to analyze climatic factors which condition radial increment of wood. On the basis of dendroclimatic analyses it was found that frosty winters and low temperatures in early spring months (January – April) as well as low precipitation during summer, especially in June and July, were among important factors limiting diameter increment of black locust trees. Also low precipitation in autumn of the previous year and low precipitation of February before the current growing season had a negative effect on diameter increment of this species. In spite of these limitations a dendrometric estimation of the stand showed that its characteristics exceeded values given in available volume tables [24] which are a deterministic model of growth of a pure even-aged black locust stand.

Key words: Robinia pseudoacacia, dendroclimatology, dendroecology, tree-ring, d.b.h., b.h..

Edward Feliksik
Department of Forest Protection and Forest Climatology,
Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Cracow, Poland
email: rlfeliks@cyf-kr.edu.pl

Stanisław Orzeł
Department of Forest Mensuration,
Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Cracow, Poland
email: rlorzeł@cyf-kr.edu.pl

Sławomir Wilczyński
Department of Forest Protection and Forest Climatology,
Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Cracow, Poland
Phone: +48 12 662 53 23
email: rlwilczy@cyf-kr.edu.pl

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