Biometrical Letters

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Volume 51 Number 2 pp. 143-152

Katarzyna Kaźmierczak 1, Bogna Zawieja 2

1Department of Forest Management, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637Poznań, Poland
2Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637Poznań, Poland

The influence of weather conditions on annual height increments of Scots pine

Abstract

Annual height increments are a very important characteristic of Scots pine. They have a direct effect on the determination of the dendrometric properties of a stand, such as volume increment. In the present study the data concern height increments of the main shoot in selected age classes of trees (age 72 to 92 years). A relationship is determined between the values of the increments and meteorological conditions such as temperature, precipitation and sunshine. On the basis of lasso regression analysis, precipitation in the year preceding the incremental season was shown to have the greatest effect on height increments of Scots pine.

Keywords: height increments, lasso regression, precipitation, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), sunshine, temperature

DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0010

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MLA Kaźmierczak, Katarzyna, and Bogna Zawieja. "The influence of weather conditions on annual height increments of Scots pine." Biometrical Letters 51.2 (2014): 143-152. DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0010
APA Kaźmierczak, K., & Zawieja, B. (2014). The influence of weather conditions on annual height increments of Scots pine. Biometrical Letters 51(2), 143-152 DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0010
ISO 690 KAźMIERCZAK, Katarzyna, ZAWIEJA, Bogna. The influence of weather conditions on annual height increments of Scots pine. Biometrical Letters, 2014, 51.2: 143-152. DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0010