Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(1), 163-167 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361010163

Shifts in spruce and beech flushing in the context of global climate change

Radek Pokorný1,2, Ivana Tomášková3, Alexander Ač2
1 Department of Silviculture, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Global Change Research Centre AS CR, v.v.i., Bělidla 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Department of Dendrology and Forest Tree Breeding, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic

Bud phenology and development of needle nitrogen content were monitored on Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.]) trees grown inside glass-domes for five years under ambient (385 µmol(CO2) mol-1) and elevated (700 µmol(CO2) mol-1) atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]). The spruce to beech ratio was 35:65 in both treatments. At the beginning of the experiment mean age of investigated trees was 5 years.
Elevated [CO2] was responsible for premature growth of both spruce and beech buds in the E treatment (not significantly, by 3-7 days). Nevertheless the flushing of neither beech nor spruce was not significantly hastened in E treatment during the flushing within the 5 years. During the second half of flushing faster development of terminal beech buds comparing to spruce was found (Chi-square = 65, p

Keywords: elevated [CO2], forest phenology, global climate change, needle nitrogen
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This publication is an output of the CzechGlobe Centre that is being developed within the OP RDI and co-financed from EU funds and the State Budget of the Czech Republic (Project: CzechGlobe, Reg. No. CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0073). The authors are grateful for the financial support also by grants no. SP/2d1/70/08, SP/2d1/93/07 of the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic and grant No. QH81160 (NAZV). Governmental Research Intention No. VZ MSM 6215648902 (MENDELU).

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Pokorný, R., Tomášková, I., & Ač, A. (2013). Shifts in spruce and beech flushing in the context of global climate change. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(1), 163-167. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361010163
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