The Connection Between Scots Pine Linear and Radial Increment with Different Genesis’ Precipitation in Forests of the Kerzhenskiy Reserve

Climatic signal in the linear and radial increment of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) growing on the Russian Plain and particularly in Kerzhenskiy national reserve (the Republic of Tatarstan) is well examined. It was determined that precipitation is the key factor of the tree growth in the temperate climate. At the same time, changing character of precipitation was revealed on the Russian Plain for the last five decades. It is associated with long-term increase of convective showers and decrease of stratiform precipitation. Therefore, the study’s important task is to examine the relationship between Scots pine increment and the different types of precipitation. The issue examines the relations between linear and radial increment and precipitation of different genesis in three biotope types: moist, fresh and dry. The linear increment shows sensitivity to heavy showers in the beginning of the growing season when a tree strongly depends on soils moisture. All biotope types show a significant positive signal to the convective precipitation except moist biotope which shows a negative signal. It can be explained by water stress and oxygen deficit in the root  layer. Stratiform precipitation has significant negative influence on the linear increment. This fact indicates a negative impact of the prolonged moisturizing on the increment of the current year and the quality of the renewal bud in the previous season. Radial tree increment demonstrates a less significant response to precipitation of different genesis. It is characterized by a positive relationship with proportion of heavy rains at the beginning of the current growing season when early wood forms and the second half of the previous year growing season when a more mature wood begins to form.

Scots pine, radial increment, linear increment, dendrochronology, dendroclimatology, annual tree-rings, convective and stratiform precipitation

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