Tree-rings were analyzed to assess the relative importance of slope position and aspect as determinants of the climate-sensitivity of sugar maple and white oak radial growth. Tree size, crown condition, forest and soil composition, and site indices were assessed to document environmental differences between site-types and to verify similarity of stands within the same site-type. Climate-sensitivity was assessed using mean between-tree correlation, principal components analysis, mean sensitivity, regression analysis, and analysis of radial growth decline after severe drought. Ecological differences were found between high and low sites on north and south facing aspects. Sugar maple did not exhibit greater climate-sensitivity than white oak. Both species showed greater climate-sensitivity on upper and south-facing slopes. / Department of Biology
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/185417 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Gaffney, Charles |
| Contributors | Ball State University. Dept. of Biology., LeBlanc, David C. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | ix, 79 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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