Radial growth trends of loblolly pine in the Virginia Coastal Plain

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  • Gregory A. Reams
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A number of recent studies have shown reduced individual-tree growth throughout the 1970s and early 1980s in natural loblolly pine (Pinus raeda L.) stands in the southeastern United States. This study updates radial growth trends of loblolly pine in the Virginia Coastal Plain through 1989. Ring-width series were initially grouped into two age-classes (~50 or 150 years) and a clustering procedure was used to identify common radial growth patterns. These data suggest that radial growth trends of loblolly pine are cyclic and support previous findings of reduced growth in the 1970s. A reversal in trend has occurred since the early 1980s with radial growth increasing since then for both old and young trees. This change to increased growth corroborates the finding of increased growth of loblolly pine identified in the most current Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) survey cycle for the Virginia Coastal Plain. R&urn4 : Plusieurs etudes rtcentes ont rapport6 une reduction de la croissance des arbres au tours des annees I970 et au debut des annees 1980 dans les peuplements naturels de pin a encens (Pinus raedu L.) du sud-est des Stats-Unis. Cette etude met a jour les tendances qui se manifestent darts la croissance radiale du pin h encens de la plaine cotitre de la Virginie jusqu’en 1989. Des series de largeurs de cernes ont d’abord ete regroupees en deux classes d’age (~50 ou 250 ans) et une analyse de regroupement a CtC utilisee pour detecter les patrons similaires de croissance radiale. Ces donnees suggtrent que les variations dans la croissance radiale du pin a encens sont cycliques et supportent les observations anttrieures de reduction de croissance dans les an&es 1970. La tendance s’est renversee depuis le debut des an&es 1980 et la croissance radiale a augment6 depuis ce temps autant chez les jeunes que chez les vieux arbres. Ce changement, qui se manifeste par une augmentation de croissance. corrobore I’augmentation de croissance du pin a encens identifite dans le plus recent cycle d’inventaire du programme d’analyse et d’inventaire des for&s pour la plaine c&i&e de la Virginie. [Traduit par la Redaction]

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تاریخ انتشار 1999