Influence of Climatic Factors on Tree-Ring Cell Structure of Conifers Growing in Different Topoecological Conditions in Forest-Steppe Zone of Khakassia

• Main Authors: Elena A. Babushkina, Eugene A. Vaganov, Pavel P. Silkin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Siberian Federal University 2010-06-01
• Series: Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология
• Subjects: tree-ring width; cell parameters of wood; climatic signal
• Online Access: http://elib.sfu-kras.ru/bitstream/2311/2142/1/Babushkina.pdf

Influence of growth conditions to the wood structure was researched on three species of conifers from various topoecological conditions in forest-steppe zone of Khakassia. By correlation analysis of climatic factors (average temperatures and precipitation amounts on ten-day periods) of growth seasons and structure parameters of wood rings (tree ring width, maximum density, radial size of tracheids and thickness of cell walls) was revealed that at different conditions of growth significant transformation of climatic signal depending on the specific features of tree species takes place. It is shown also that the main target for external signal is cambial zone; subsequent processes of cells differentiation and their result are less depending on external conditions. Nevertheless, cells parameters and particularly their combination at trees from different topoecological conditions allow to receive additional and more detailed information about climatic features of growth season and to reveal key intervals of season, when climatic factors can be evaluated quantitatively.