Chronology of Larch Light Rings in the North of Siberia: Reflection of the Climate Continentality Degree
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556621010064
Abstract
Larches form light rings on 18 study sites at the Siberian forest-tundra on 4000 km long profile. The chronologies of the light rings were built for the period provided by meteorological observations (1944-1992). One group of common years with light rings was found for area of Western Siberia and the western part of Central Siberia. The second group of common years is confined to the eastern part of Central Siberia. The third group is in Eastern Siberia. The formation of light rings is associated with a low temperature of June, July, and August. Differences in the climatic signal of larch light rings from different geographical regions of the Siberian Subarctic have been shown. Temperatures of the end of the growth period (August) have the main influence on light ring formation in Western Siberia, and of the beginning of the growth period (June)-in Eastern Siberia. Differences between temperature responses of light ring chronologies due to June temperature increasing correspond to the increase in continental climate from west to east in Siberia. Revealed clusters of light ring chronologies have similar signal and divide the Siberian Subarctic into five large areas. These five areas are consistent with the areas of tree-ring chronologies.
Supporting agencies: The work was partially financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 20-05-00569) and the state-ordered research theme of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (no. AAAA-A19-119031890086-0). The author expresses his deep gratitude to members of the 1991-1992 international expedition of Siberian Subarctic Dendrochronological Project for collecting of wood samples
About the Author
M. A. Gurskaya
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yekaterinburg
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Gurskaya M.A. Chronology of Larch Light Rings in the North of Siberia: Reflection of the Climate Continentality Degree. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2021;85(1):84-96. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556621010064
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