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Effect of hydrothermal conditions of permafrost soil on radial growth of larch and pine in Central Yakutia

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Results of an investigation of radial growth of Larix cajanderi Mayr and Pinus sylvestris L. in Central Yakutia are presented. The time span of the constructed tree-ring chronologies is more than 200 years. Dendroclimatological analysis revealed a close relationship of tree growth on permafrost soils with climatic factors and soil hydrothermal conditions. A significant correlation of radial growth of larch and pine trees in Central Yakutia with soil temperature and moisture at various depths was found for the first time by statistical analysis.

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  1. P. I. Melnikov Institute of Geocryology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Merzlotnaya 36, Yakutsk, 677010, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Nikolaev, P.P. Fedorov, A.R. Desyatkin, 2011, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2011, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 189–201.

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Nikolaev, A.N., Fedorov, P.P. & Desyatkin, A.R. Effect of hydrothermal conditions of permafrost soil on radial growth of larch and pine in Central Yakutia. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 4, 140–149 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425511020044

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