Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?

Provenance experiments with Pinus sylvestris (L.) were evaluated in Sweden north of latitude 60°N. Survival and yield were determined as functions of temperature sum of the site and latitudinal origin of the provenance. Altitudinal origin was of negligible importance. The effects of latitudinal...

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Main Author: Persson, Bengt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1998-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/690
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description Provenance experiments with Pinus sylvestris (L.) were evaluated in Sweden north of latitude 60°N. Survival and yield were determined as functions of temperature sum of the site and latitudinal origin of the provenance. Altitudinal origin was of negligible importance. The effects of latitudinal transfer were influenced by temperature sum at the growing site. At the harshest situated sites southward transfer longer than 3° was optimal for survival and yield, whereas transfer effects in a mild climate were weak. Climatic warming would reduce demands of hardiness. However, moderate differences in productivity are expected between formerly optimal seed sources and the ones adapted to changed climatic conditions. Since mortality usually was low in plantations older than 20 years or higher than 2 m, established stands are expected to be robust against adverse effects of climate change.
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spelling doaj.art-cce0a25dacc54996a22099befd7076262022-12-21T18:34:15ZengFinnish Society of Forest ScienceSilva Fennica2242-40751998-01-0132210.14214/sf.690Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?Persson, BengtProvenance experiments with Pinus sylvestris (L.) were evaluated in Sweden north of latitude 60°N. Survival and yield were determined as functions of temperature sum of the site and latitudinal origin of the provenance. Altitudinal origin was of negligible importance. The effects of latitudinal transfer were influenced by temperature sum at the growing site. At the harshest situated sites southward transfer longer than 3° was optimal for survival and yield, whereas transfer effects in a mild climate were weak. Climatic warming would reduce demands of hardiness. However, moderate differences in productivity are expected between formerly optimal seed sources and the ones adapted to changed climatic conditions. Since mortality usually was low in plantations older than 20 years or higher than 2 m, established stands are expected to be robust against adverse effects of climate change.https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/690
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Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?
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title Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?
title_full Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?
title_fullStr Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?
title_full_unstemmed Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?
title_short Will climate change affect the optimal choice of Pinus sylvestris provenances?
title_sort will climate change affect the optimal choice of pinus sylvestris provenances
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