<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In the study, the measurements of Scots pine height increments were used to compare the increments of pine trees of different age classes. All of the analyzed trees were growing in stands located on fresh mixed coniferous forest sites. The study concerned a 10-year period of growth of 8 tree age classes. Due to variation in climate conditions, all trees were studied over the same calendar period. Longitudinal analysis was used to compare different age classes of trees with reference to the increments in height. This procedure had not been previously used for such purpose. The results obtained did not confirm the hypothesis of parallel profiles implying that there existed differences in the growth of trees in various age groups.</p></abstract>

In the study, the measurements of Scots pine height increments were used to compare the increments of pine trees of different age classes. All of the analyzed trees were growing in stands located on fresh mixed coniferous forest sites. The study concerned a 10-year period of growth of 8 tree age classes. Due to variation in climate conditions, all trees were studied over the same calendar period. Longitudinal analysis was used to compare different age classes of trees with reference to the increments in height. This procedure had not been previously used for such purpose. The results obtained did not confirm the hypothesis of parallel profiles implying that there existed differences in the growth of trees in various age groups.

Longitudinal analysis of annual height increment differentiation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands of different age classes

Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agronomy and Bioengineering, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods,Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland, phone: 48 61 8487153

Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Management, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland

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In the study, the measurements of Scots pine height increments were used to compare the increments of pine trees of different age classes. All of the analyzed...

Longitudinal analysis of annual height increment differentiation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands of different age classes

Published Online: Aug 04, 2015

Page range: 179 - 184

Received: Jul 09, 2014

Accepted: Oct 06, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2014-0020

Keywords
age group, forests productivity, profile analysis, longitudinal data

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Longitudinal analysis of annual height increment differentiation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands of different age classes

Published Online: Aug 04, 2015

Page range: 179 - 184

Received: Jul 09, 2014

Accepted: Oct 06, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2014-0020

Keywordsage group, forests productivity, profile analysis, longitudinal data

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
age group, forests productivity, profile analysis, longitudinal data