The chronology of the silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from Pohorje, Slovenia

Levanič, Tom (author), Čufar, Katarina (author)

Dendrochronological investigations were made in silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from Lovrenc, Pohorje, in the NE Slovenia. Tree ring analyses were made in discs of 25 healthy, adult, dominant or co-dominant silver firs and in cores from roof construction of two older rustic buildings from the same region using a LINTAB measuring device nad a TSAP/X of F. Rinn. We constructed the chronology of trees spanning the period of 1785-1996. The chronology of the old house is spanning the period of 1713-1852 and the chronology of barn 1745-1887. It was shown that the last considerable reconstruction of the house roof took place after the end of the growing period of 1952. The dating of the cores containining the outer ring 1887 confirmed the dating based on the carved inscription "1888". The three chronologies were joined into 284 years long silver fir chronology for Pohorje spanning the period of 1713-1996. It was compared with the Slovene silver fir chronology of the Dinaric region. Despite distance and great differences between the two regions there was shown a statistically confirmed similarity of two chronologies with tBP=9.8, GLK=71% and CDI=398. The chronologies have 21 common negative, 21 positive signature years and one common signature interval. Based on this the constructed chronology may be considered as representative for the whole Pohorje. The two chronologies are expected to be a good base to construct a regional Slovene Silver-fir chronology for dating in whole Slovenia. Two Slovene chronologies were compared with the following European silver fir chronologies: South German, stand 1993 (Becker and Siebenlist 1970; Spurk and Friedrich , pers. com.), Bavarian Forest - Germany (Eckstein, Sass 1988), Abetone - Italy (Schweingruber, ITRDB), Bannwald - Switzerland (Schweingruber, ITRDB). Both Slovene chronologies proved to be statistically similar with the two German and the Italian silver fir chronology, but showed no similarity with the Swiss one. The Pohorje chronology correlates better with both German ones and the Dinaric chronology correlates better with the Italian one.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Silver fir, Abies alba, dating of the object, dendrochronology, Slovenia
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Year: 1998
• Number of pages: Str. 135-149
• Numbering: 55
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-68634
• UDC: 630*56:630*18:630*18:630*17Abies alba (Mill.)(497.4Pohorje)
• ISSN on article: 0351-3114
• COBISS.SI-ID: 181385
• Publication date in RUL: 10.07.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Zbornik gozdarstva in lesarstva. forest and wood science & technology
• Shortened title: Zb. gozd. lesar.
• Publisher: Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za lesarstvo
• ISSN: 0351-3114
• COBISS.SI-ID: 6206978

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Kronologija jelke (Abies alba Mill.) za območje Pohorja

Abstract

Opravljene so bile dendrokronološke raziskave jelke (Abies alba Mill.) z Lovrenškega Pohorja. Analize širin branik so bile opravljene na kolutih 25 zdravih, odraslih, vladajočih in sovladajočih jelk in na izvrtkih lesa iz dveh starih kmečkih stavb iz istega vzorčnega območja. Iz kronologije dreves za obdobje od 1785 do 1996 in kronologij objektov za obdobje od 1713 do 1887 je bila sestavljena 284 let dolga pohorska jelova kronologija. Ta se kljub oddaljenosti in fitogeografskim razlikam statistično značilno ujema z doslej najdaljšo slovensko dinarsko jelovo kronologijo. Obe kronologiji skupaj predstavljata dobro osnovo za datiranje jelovine iz celotne Slovenije za obdobje 1712-1996.

• Keywords: jelka, Abies alba, datiranje objektov, dendrokronologija