Climate-growth relationships of Norway Spruce and silver fir in primary forests of the Croatian Dinaric mountains

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 288-289; p. 108000
• Main Authors: Begović, Krešimir, Rydval, Miloš, Mikac, Stjepan, Čupić, Stipan, Svobodova, Kristyna, Mikoláš, Martin, Kozák, Daniel, Kameniar, Ondrej, Frankovič, Michal, Pavlin, Jakob, Langbehn, Thomas, Svoboda, Miroslav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.07.2020
• Subjects: Abies alba; Blue intensity; climate change; Climate response; Conifers; Croatia; dendrochronology; drought; earlywood; forest management; meteorology; national parks; natural resources conservation; Old-growth forest; Picea abies; Pointer years; summer; temperature; tree growth; Tree-ring width; water stress; Croatia; Conifers; Climate response; Old-growth forest; Pointer years; Blue intensity; Tree-ring width

•Growth limited by high summer temperatures and water availability in the Dinaric MTS.•Earlywood blue intensity contains a stronger recent drought signal than ring width.•Spruce TRW response is stronger than in fir, but similar in EWBI of both species.•Recent spruce growth decline linked to increasi...