Needle chronologies on Pinus sylvestris in northern Estonia and southern Finland

Pensa, Margus; Jalkanen, Risto

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Silva Fennica vol. 33 no. 3 article id 654 | 1999 | Research article

Margus Pensa , Risto Jalkanen

Needle chronologies on Pinus sylvestris in northern Estonia and southern Finland

Pensa M., Jalkanen R. (1999). Needle chronologies on Pinus sylvestris in northern Estonia and southern Finland. Silva Fennica vol. 33 no. 3 article id 654. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.654

Abstract

A needle trace method was used to reveal the chronology of needle retention on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in southern Finland (two stands) and northern Estonia (two stands). The average annual summer needle retention along the main stem varied from 2.2 to 3.1 in Estonian stands and between 3.4 and 4.2 in Finnish stands during the period 1966–1990. The 23-year-mean needle age was 3.0 and 2.1 years in Finland and Estonia, respectively. In all stands, the mean needle age decreased sharply in 1980s.

Keywords
needle age; needle trace method; needle retention; crown thinning; needle loss; shedding

Author Info

Pensa, Institute of Ecology, Department of Northeast Estonia, Pargi 15, EE-41537 Jõhvi, Estonia E-mail margus@ecoviro.johvi.ee
Jalkanen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Rovaniemi Research Station, P.O. Box 16, FIN-96301 Rovaniemi, Finland E-mail rj@nn.fi

Received 30 March 1999 Accepted 27 July 1999 Published 31 December 1999

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