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Effect of weather conditions on the annual basal area increment of a beech stand of old age

Ernő Führer, Márton Edelényi, Anikó Jagodics, László Jereb, László Horváth, Zoltán Kern, Andrea Móring, Ildikó Szabados & Zoltán Pödör

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Correspondence: Führer Ernő

Postal address: H-9400 Sopron, Paprét 17.

e-mail: fuhrere[at]erti.hu

Abstract

We studied the effect of meteorological parameters on the basal area increment (BAI) of a beech stand in the Sopron Mountains between 1985 and 2007. We evaluated the meteorological conditions of the area by using breakpoint-analysis, and the results showed rising temperature and decreasing rainfall in certain months of the vegetation period. Regarding to the trends of BAI, we observed a significant decrease in the main growth period (May-August) and a significant increase in the final growth period (September-October), while the annual tree growth showed a strong significant decreasing trend. Multivariate regression analysis was used to determine the relationships between the BAI and the climatic variables in the given and also in the previous two years. We found that the previous year’s precipitation has positive, while autumn temperature has negative effect on the BAI. At the same time current spring to early summer precipitation enhances the beech growth, and in contrary, the mean temperature in June and July has negative effect on the BAI. Based on the results, we can conclude that according to the forecasted changes in climate, not only further loss in growth but also drastic decay in vitality and tolerance can be expected for beech at this site in the future.

Keywords: beech, basal area increment, meteorological parameters

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