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Croissance radiale de la pruche (Tsuga Canadensis) et du pin blanc (Pinus Strobus) dans la forêt tempérée du Québec en relation avec les perturbations forestières et le climat
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Marchand, Neil J. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Our dissertation documents the radial growth among eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis L. Carr.) and white pine (Pinus strobus L.), two tree species of the southern Québec temperate forests, where several disturbances get involved in stand dynamics. Based on a dendroecological and dendroclimatical approach, this study includes three highly complementary sections which address the relationship between radial growth among these two tree species and forest disturbances, i.e., selective tree harvest, defoliation during spruce budworm (SBW) (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens)) outbreaks, and climate. The first section describes eastern hemlock and white pine long tree-ring series which were built from both living trees and dead wood, mainly submerged floated wood extracted from several lakes in the Mauricie National Park. One can deduce from white pine logging years that this tree had been harvested for domestic use 30 years before the first issue of logging rights, i.e., since the 1800s onwards, and about 70 years after presumed decimation of pine forests in the area. Tree ring series show major growth release which likely resulted from selective harvest in forest stands. Our chronology of SBW outbreaks established from eastern hemlock tree-ring series is the longest chronology produced so far in eastern Canada, although hemlock is a secondary host of SBW. Series from several regions (Mauricie, Outaouais and Lotbinière) suggest that eastern hemlock may experience severe defoliation and radial growth suppression in areas where primary hosts of SBW are abundant. At the regional scale, the frequency of SBW outbreaks increases likely in response to an increased abundance in balsam fir in second-growth stands. In this section, we attempted to evaluate climate responsiveness among eastern hemlock and white pine growing in the southern Quebec Temperate Forest. Dendroclimatic analyses showed that hemlock radial growth may be a good climatic indicator in stands where natural and anthropogenic disturbances were light. Sampling strategies when conducting dendroclimatic studies should focus on trees growing in hardwood-dominated stands and areas where past disturbances have beendocumented. White pine is less sensitive to biotic disturbance than eastern hemlock but the climate responsiness of this conifer depends on constraints associated with water deficit or thermal stress. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://corpus.ulaval.ca/jspui/bitstream/20.500.11794/23994/1/29701.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
