Exploring for senescence signals in native scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in the Scottish Highlands |
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| Authors: | T Fish R Wilson C Edwards C Mills A Crone AJ Kirchhefer HW Linderholm NJ Loader E Woodley |
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| Institution: | 1. Pearce Consulting Services, LLC, 401 Diamond Drive, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA;2. School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, FIFE, KY16 9AL, Scotland, UK;3. Forest Research, Northern Research Station, Roslin, EH25 9SY, UK;4. AOC Archaeology, Loanhead, Midlothian, EH20 9SY, UK;5. Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway;6. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden;g Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK |
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| Abstract: | The main aim of this project was to explore whether the pine trees in Glen Affric (GAF), one of the more extensive pine woodlands in the northern Scottish Highlands, are, on average, reaching a senescent stage which could ultimately be detrimental to the sustainability of the pine woodland in this region under present management conditions. This aim was realized by (1) comparing the mean stand age of the GAF trees to other pine woodlands around Scotland, (2) exploring whether there was a significant pre-death trend in ring-width series from naturally dead trees and (3) assessing whether a notable change in response of tree growth to climate was noted as a function of age which could indicate that trees were entering a state of senescence. |
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| Keywords: | Scots pine Dendrochronology Senescence Ring-width Scotland |
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