Climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) growth in the Central Italian Alps
In this paper we analyze upright mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) radial growth responses to climatic and environmental factors in a valley of the Central Italian Alps. This valley is characterized by intense geomorphological dynamics that can mostly be traced back to instability processes and p...
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ftunivmilanoair:oai:air.unimi.it:2434/27146 2024-01-28T10:01:48+01:00 Climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) growth in the Central Italian Alps M. PELFINI G. LEONELLI M. SANTILLI M. Pelfini G. Leonelli M. Santilli 2006 http://hdl.handle.net/2434/27146 https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[614:CAEIOM]2.0.CO;2 eng eng INSTITUTE OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000242509200014 volume:38 issue:4 firstpage:614 lastpage:623 journal:ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH http://hdl.handle.net/2434/27146 doi:10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[614:CAEIOM]2.0.CO;2 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-33845418399 Settore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica e Geomorfologia info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2006 ftunivmilanoair https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[614:CAEIOM]2.0.CO;2 2024-01-02T23:20:44Z In this paper we analyze upright mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) radial growth responses to climatic and environmental factors in a valley of the Central Italian Alps. This valley is characterized by intense geomorphological dynamics that can mostly be traced back to instability processes and particularly to debris flows. Here, there are also less active areas that allow undisturbed tree growth and permit dendroclimatic research to be performed. The relationship between climatic factors and radial growth in mountain pine was established by Pearson's correlation and response functions using four chronologies. Two were built using trees located on opposite valley slopes; the other two from the valley bottom. One of these last two is constructed with trees growing in areas occasionally affected by sheetfloods. We found that the climate of the summer months has the strongest influence on tree-ring growth: especially May and July mean temperatures and June precipitation. In contrast, the chronology built with trees located in the valley bottom in an area affected by sheetfloods, shows different climate-growth relationships especially concerning summer precipitation. The burial made by silt layers and the more impermeable conditions of the substrate seem to be the main factors regulating tree growth in this area. Comparing this chronology with the reference chronologies, we found that some years with growth anomalies in the disturbed site correspond to debris flow events dated by previous studies in nearby fans. This paper points out the potential use of mountain pine for dendroclimatic reconstruction and the influence of soft slope processes on tree growth. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic and Alpine Research The University of Milan: Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (AIR) |
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In this paper we analyze upright mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) radial growth responses to climatic and environmental factors in a valley of the Central Italian Alps. This valley is characterized by intense geomorphological dynamics that can mostly be traced back to instability processes and particularly to debris flows. Here, there are also less active areas that allow undisturbed tree growth and permit dendroclimatic research to be performed. The relationship between climatic factors and radial growth in mountain pine was established by Pearson's correlation and response functions using four chronologies. Two were built using trees located on opposite valley slopes; the other two from the valley bottom. One of these last two is constructed with trees growing in areas occasionally affected by sheetfloods. We found that the climate of the summer months has the strongest influence on tree-ring growth: especially May and July mean temperatures and June precipitation. In contrast, the chronology built with trees located in the valley bottom in an area affected by sheetfloods, shows different climate-growth relationships especially concerning summer precipitation. The burial made by silt layers and the more impermeable conditions of the substrate seem to be the main factors regulating tree growth in this area. Comparing this chronology with the reference chronologies, we found that some years with growth anomalies in the disturbed site correspond to debris flow events dated by previous studies in nearby fans. This paper points out the potential use of mountain pine for dendroclimatic reconstruction and the influence of soft slope processes on tree growth. |
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Climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) growth in the Central Italian Alps |
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Climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) growth in the Central Italian Alps |
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Climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) growth in the Central Italian Alps |
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Climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) growth in the Central Italian Alps |
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Climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (Pinus montana Miller) growth in the Central Italian Alps |
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climatic and environmental influences on mountain pine (pinus montana miller) growth in the central italian alps |
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INSTITUTE OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH |
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