Growth-climate relations of lodgepole pine in the North Cascades National Park, Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-75

  Case, Michael J ^a,c   Peterson, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; ELEVATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 34247526003     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/0029-344X-81.1.62     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Agee, J. K. 1993. Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests. Island Press, Washington, D. C.
2. Agee, J. K., and J. Kertis. 1987. Forest types of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Canadian Journal of Botany 65:1520-1530.
3. Alexander, R. R., R. C. Shearer, and W. D. Shepperd. 1990. Abies lasiocarpa (Hook. Nutt.). In R. M. Burns, and B. H. Honkala (technical coordinators), Silvics of North America. Volume 1. Conifers. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook Number 654. Washington, D. C. Pp. 60-70.
4. Antos, J. A., and R. Parish. 2002. Dynamics of an old-growth, fire initiated, subalpine forest in southern interior British Columbia: tree size, age, and spatial structure. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1935-1946.
5. 2 degassing at Mammoth Mountain, California. Ecology 80:2420-2426.
6. Brubaker, L. B. 1980. Spatial patterns of tree growth anomalies in the Pacific Northwest. Ecology 61:798-807.
7. Brubaker, L. B. 1986. Responses of tree populations to climate change. Vegetatio 67:119-130.
8. Buckley, B. M., E. R. Cook, M. J. Peterson, and M. Barbetti. 1997. A changing temperature response with elevation for Lagarostrobos franklinii in Tasmania, Australia. Climatic Change 36:477-498.
9. Case, M. J., and D. L. Peterson. 2005. Fine-scale variability in growth-climate relationships of Douglas-fir, North Cascade Range, Washington. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:2743-2755.
10. Cayan, D. R., S. A. Kammerdiener, M. D. Dettinger, J. M. Caprio, and D. H. Peterson, 2001. Changes in the onset of spring in the western United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82:399-415.
11. Climate Impacts Group. 2004. Climate Impacts Group. El Niño/Southern Oscillation (Nino3.4 SST) anomalies and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index. Available online at www.cses.washington.edu/data/ timeseries.shtml (accessed 2 January 2004).
12. Coleman, M. D., T. M. Hinckley, G. McNaughton, and B. A. Smit. 1992. Root cold hardiness and native distribution of subalpine conifers. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22:932-938.
13. Cook, E., K. Briffa, S. Shiyatov, and V. Mazepa. 1990. Tree-ring standardization and growth-trend estimation. In E. R. Cook, and L. A. Kairiukstis (editors), Methods of Dendrochronology: Applications in the Environmental Sciences. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pp. 104-122.
14. Cook, E. R., D. M. Meko, D. W. Stahle, and M. K. Cleaveland. 1999. Drought reconstructions for the continental United States. Journal of Climate 12:1145-1162.
15. Ettl, G. J., and D. L. Peterson. 1995. Growth response of subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) to climate in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA. Global Change Biology 1:213-230.
16. Flannigan, M., Y. Bergeron, O. Engelmark, and M. Wotton. 1998. Future wildfire in circumboreal forests in relation to global warming. Journal of Vegetation Science 9:469-476.
17. Fritts, H. C. 1966. Growth rings of trees: their correlation with climate. Science 154:973-979.
18. Fritts, H. C. 2001. Tree Rings and Climate. Blackburn Press, Caldwell, NJ.
19. 2: an assessment of recent growth trends. Ecology 72:1-11.
20. Graumlich, L. J., L. B. Brubaker, and C. C. Grier. 1989. Long-term trends in forest net primary productivity: Cascade Mountains, Washington. Ecology 70:405-410.
21. Hadley, J. L., and W. K. Smith. 1986. Wind effects on needles of timberline conifers: seasonal influence on mortality. Ecology 67:12-19.
22. Hermann, R. K., and D. P. Lavender. 1990. Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco. In R. M., Burns, and B. H. Honkala (technical coordinators), Silvics of North America. Volume 1. Conifers. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook Number 654. Washington, D. C. Pp. 527-540.
23. Holman, M. L. and D. L. Peterson. 2006. Spatial and temporal variability in forest growth in the Olympic Mountains, Washington: sensitivity to climatic variability. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:92-104.
24. Holmes, R. L. 1999. Dendrochronology Program Library Version 1999-1. Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
25. Innes, J. L. 1991. High-altitude and high-latitude tree growth in relation to past, present and future global climate change. Holocene 1:168-173.
26. Insightful, Inc. 2003. SPLUS Version 6.1 for Windows. Seattle, WA.
27. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2001. Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis.
28. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York.
29. Kienast, F., F. H. Schweingruber, O. U. Bräker, and E. Schär. 1987. Tree-ring studies on conifers along ecological gradients and the potential of single-year analyses. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 17:683-696.
30. Körner, C. 1998. A re-assessment of high elevation treeline positions and their explanation. Oecologia 115:445-459.
31. Körner, C. 2003. Arctic and Alpine Biodiversity: Patterns, Causes, and Ecosystem Consequences. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
32. Kozlowski, T. T., and S. G. Pallardy. 1997, Physiology of Woody Plants. 2nd Edition. Academic Press, San Diego.
33. LaMarche, V. C., D. A. Graybill, H. C. Fritts, and M. R. Rose. 1984. Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide: tree ring evidence for growth enhancement in natural vegetation. Science 225:1019-1021.
34. Larcher, W. 2003. Physiological Plant Ecology. 4th Edition Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
35. Larson, J. W. 1972. Ecological role of lodgepole pine in the upper Skagit River Valley, Washington. M.S. Thesis, University of Washington, Seattle.
36. Li, C., M. D. Flannigan, and I. G. W. Corns. 2000. Influence of potential climate change on forest landscape dynamics of west-central Alberta. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30:1905-1912.
37. Little, R. L., D. L. Peterson, D. G. Silsbee, L. J. Shainsky, and L. F. Bednar. 1995. Radial growth patterns and the effects of climate on second-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25:724-735.
38. Logan, J. A., and J. A. Powell. 2001. Ghost forest, global warming, and the mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). American Entomologist 47:160-173.
39. Lotan, J. E., and W. B. Critchfield. 1990. Pinus contorta Dougl. ex. Loud. In R. M. Burns and B. H. Honkala (technical coordinators), Silvics of North America. Volume 1. Conifers. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook Number 654. Washington, D. C. Pp. 302-315.
40. Lotan, J. E., and D. A. Perry. 1983. Ecology and regeneration of lodgepole pine. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook Number 606. Washington, D. C.
41. Mantua, N. J., S. R. Hare, Y. Zhang, J. M. Wallace, and R. C. Francis. 1997. A Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 78:1069-1079.
42. McDougal, F. W. 1975. The importance of lodgepole pine in Canada. In Proceedings, Symposium on Management of Lodgepole Pine Ecosystems, October 9-11, 1973. Washington State University, Pullman. Pp. 10-26.
43. McKenzie, D., A. E. Hessl, and D. L. Peterson. 2001. Recent growth of conifer species of western North America: assessing spatial patterns of radial growth trends. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31:526-538.
44. McKenzie, D., Z. Gedalof, D. L. Peterson, and P. Mote. 2004. Climatic change, wildfire, and conservation. Conservation Biology 18:890-902.
45. Mote, P. W. 2003. Trends in temperature and precipitation in the Pacific Northwest during the twentieth century. Northwest Science 77:271-282.
46. Mote, P., Hamlet, A. and Leung, R. 2004. Possible future climate. In Rhythms of change: climate impacts on the Pacific Northwest. E.L. Miles, A.K. Snover, and the Climate Impacts Group (editors), MIT Press, Cambridge.
47. Nakawatase, J. M. and D. L. Peterson. 2006. Spatial variability in forest growth - climate relationships in the Olympic Mountains, Washington. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:77-91.
48. Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2003. Snow Course and Monthly SNOTEL Data Tables. Available online at www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/snow (accessed 2 January 2004).
49. Peterson, D. L., M. J. Arbaugh, L. J. Robinson, and B. Derderian. 1990. Growth trends of whitebark pine and lodgepole pine in a subalpine Sierra Nevada forest. Arctic and Alpine Research 22:233-243.
50. Peterson, D. W., and D. L. Peterson. 1994. Effects of climate on radial growth of subalpine conifers in the North Cascade Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24:1921-1932.
51. Peterson, D. W., and D. L. Peterson. 2001. Mountain hemlock growth responds to climatic variability at annual and decadal time scales. Ecology 82:3330-3345.
52. Peterson, D. W., D. L. Peterson, and G. J. Ettl. 2002. Growth responses of subalpine fir to climatic variability in the Pacific Northwest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1503-1517.
53. Prichard, S. J. 2003. Spatial and temporal dynamics of fire and vegetation change in Thunder Creek watershed, North Cascades National Park, Washington. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle.
54. Rasmussen, E. M., and J. M. Wallace. 1983. Meteorological aspects of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Science 222:1195-1202.
55. Robinson, W. J., and R. Evans. 1980. A microcomputer-based tree-ring measuring system. Tree-Ring Bulletin 40:59-64.
56. Robertson, E. O., L. A. Jozsa, and D. L. Spittlehouse. 1990. Estimating Douglas-fir wood production from soil and climate data. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 20:357-364.
57. Rochefort, R. M., and D. L. Peterson. 1996. The temporal and spatial distribution of trees in subalpine meadows of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research 28:52-59.
58. Rochefort, R. M., R. L. Little, A. Woodward, and D. L. Peterson. 1994. Changes in subalpine tree distribution in western North America: a review of climatic and other causal factors. The Holocene 4:89-100.
59. Satterlund, D. R. 1975. Climatic factors and lodgepole pine. In Proceedings, Symposium on Management of Lodgepole Pine Ecosystems, October 9-11, 1973. Washington State University, Pullman. Pp. 297-309.
60. Stokes M. A., and T.L. Smiley. 1968. An Introduction to Tree-Ring Dating. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
61. Tabor, R., and R. Haugerud. 1999. Geology of the North Cascades: A Mountain Mosaic. The Mountaineers, Seattle.
62. Teskey, R. O., and T. M. Hinckley. 1981. Influence of temperature and water potential on root growth of white oak. Physiologia Plantarum 52:363-369.
63. Villalba, R., T. T. Veblen, and J. Ogden. 1994. Climatic influences on the growth of subalpine trees in the Colorado Front Range. Ecology 75:1450-1462.
64. Watson, E., and B. H. Luckman. 2002. The dendroclimatic signal in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine tree-ring chronologies from the southern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1858-1874.
65. Watson, R. T., M. C. Zinyowera, and R. H. Moss. 1996. Climate Change 1995. Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
66. Westerling, A. L., H. G. Hidalgo, D. R. Cayan, T. W. Swetnam. 2006. Warming and earlier spring increase western U.S. forest wildfire activity. Science 313:940-943.
67. Wellner, C. A. 1975. The importance of lodgepole pine in the United States. In Proceedings, Symposium on Management of Lodgepole Pine Ecosystems, October 9-11, 1973. Washington State University, Pullman. Pp. 1-9.
68. Zaerr, J. B. 1971. Moisture stress and stem diameter in young Douglas-fir. Forest Science 17:466-469.
69. Zhang, Q., and R. J. Hebda. 2004. Radial growth patterns of Pseudotsuga menziesii on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34:1946-1954.
70. Zolbrod, A. N., and D. L. Peterson. 1999. Response of high-elevation forests in the Olympic Mountains to climatic change. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29:1966-1978.