A new, proportional method for reconstructing historical tree diameters

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  • Jonathan D. Bakker
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Accurate methods of reconstructing historical tree diameters from increment cores are important because diameter is used in allometric equations to predict stand characteristics and to study stand dynamics. The conventional reconstruction method assumes that the pith is in the centre of the stem. This is often incorrect, as evidenced by a pith increment index quantifying the deviation between the geometric radius of the stem and the chronological radius of a core. I propose a new method which assumes that growth is proportional around the stem and, unlike the conventional method, cannot yield negative historical diameters. These methods were evaluated by calculating the deviations between reconstructed diameters and historical diameter measurements from 164 ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex P. & C. Laws.) trees from permanent plots in Arizona and New Mexico. Deviations varied with pith increment index for the conventional method but not for the proportional method, and varied with tree age for both methods at one site. These methods could be used in tandem, with the proportional method applied where the increment from outer ring to pith is measured and the conventional method applied where this increment cannot be measured. Résumé : Il est important que les méthodes utilisées pour reconstituer le diamètre passé des arbres à partir de carottes soient précises parce que le diamètre est utilisé dans des équations allométriques pour prédire les caractéristiques des peuplements et étudier leur dynamique. La méthode de reconstitution conventionnelle assume que la moelle est dans le centre de la tige. Cela est souvent erroné comme le montre un indice d’accroissement de la moelle qui quantifie l’écart entre le rayon géométrique de la tige et le rayon chronologique d’une carotte. L’auteur propose une nouvelle méthode qui assume que la croissance est proportionnelle autour de la tige et qui, contrairement à la méthode conventionnelle, ne peut produire de diamètres passés négatifs. Ces méthodes ont été évaluées en calculant l’écart entre les diamètres reconstitués et les diamètres mesurés dans le passé sur 164 tiges de pin ponderosa (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex P. & C. Laws.) dans des places échantillons permanentes en Arizona et au Nouveau-Mexique. Les écarts variaient en fonction de l’indice d’accroissement de la moelle pour la méthode conventionnelle mais pas pour la méthode proportionnelle et ils variaient avec l’âge des arbres pour les deux méthodes dans une station. Ces méthodes pourraient être utilisées en tandem en appliquant la méthode proportionnelle lorsque l’accroissement est mesuré du dernier cerne annuel jusqu’à la moelle et la méthode conventionnelle lorsque cet accroissement ne peut être mesuré. [Traduit par la Rédaction] Bakker 2520

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تاریخ انتشار 2005