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Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye)

Cilt: 26 Sayı: 2 30 Haziran 2025
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Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye)

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The ongoing climate change is increasingly affecting the growth conditions of forest trees. In the Mediterranean region, a reduction in precipitation and an increase in temperature are anticipated, which will have an adverse impact on tree growth. We used dendrochronology methods to analyze the impact of climate variables (air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, and vapor pressure deficit) on stem growth of planted Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich) and natural occurring Turkish pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) and Anatolian black pine (Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe) growing in the Boz Mountains, Western Türkiye. We further investigated their growth trends based on basal area increment to detect growth differences between these three ecologically and economically important forest tree species. Taurus cedar showed a positive growth trend indicating good tree vitality. Turkish pine and black pine showed neither a positive nor a negative growth trend over the past 25 years. Turkish pine exhibited the greatest year-to-year variability in tree ring width and basal area increment and was the most sensitive to climate, resulting in significant response function and correlation analysis results. Turkish pine growth was most limited by winter precipitation and current year’s July precipitation. Radial growth in black pine was negatively correlated to high temperatures and dry conditions in current year May. Our results further showed, that Taurus cedar was the least sensitive to year-to-year climate variability.

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Teşekkür

Eren ÖZER received funding from the 2209-A-Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students (Project number: 1919B012318955) of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK). We would like to thank Mustafa BATUR, Niyazi ÖZÇANKAYA and Burak BAHAR for their assistance in the field.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Ağaç Beslenme ve Fizyolojisi, Orman Botaniği

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Haziran 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

22 Ağustos 2024

Kabul Tarihi

13 Mart 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 26 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Güney, A., Erkan, T., Oğlakcı, R., & Özer, E. (2025). Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye). Turkish Journal of Forestry, 26(2), 137-147. https://doi.org/10.18182/tjf.1508195
AMA
1.Güney A, Erkan T, Oğlakcı R, Özer E. Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye). Turkish Journal of Forestry. 2025;26(2):137-147. doi:10.18182/tjf.1508195
Chicago
Güney, Aylin, Tuğba Erkan, Raziye Oğlakcı, ve Eren Özer. 2025. “Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye)”. Turkish Journal of Forestry 26 (2): 137-47. https://doi.org/10.18182/tjf.1508195.
EndNote
Güney A, Erkan T, Oğlakcı R, Özer E (01 Haziran 2025) Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye). Turkish Journal of Forestry 26 2 137–147.
IEEE
[1]A. Güney, T. Erkan, R. Oğlakcı, ve E. Özer, “Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye)”, Turkish Journal of Forestry, c. 26, sy 2, ss. 137–147, Haz. 2025, doi: 10.18182/tjf.1508195.
ISNAD
Güney, Aylin - Erkan, Tuğba - Oğlakcı, Raziye - Özer, Eren. “Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye)”. Turkish Journal of Forestry 26/2 (01 Haziran 2025): 137-147. https://doi.org/10.18182/tjf.1508195.
JAMA
1.Güney A, Erkan T, Oğlakcı R, Özer E. Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye). Turkish Journal of Forestry. 2025;26:137–147.
MLA
Güney, Aylin, vd. “Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye)”. Turkish Journal of Forestry, c. 26, sy 2, Haziran 2025, ss. 137-4, doi:10.18182/tjf.1508195.
Vancouver
1.Aylin Güney, Tuğba Erkan, Raziye Oğlakcı, Eren Özer. Climate-growth relationships and growth trends of Cedrus libani, Pinus brutia, and Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana in the Boz Mountains (Western Türkiye). Turkish Journal of Forestry. 01 Haziran 2025;26(2):137-4. doi:10.18182/tjf.1508195