In recent decades, the issue of climate change and the decline of once mighty English oak forests has become topical. In order to determine the climatic trend on the growth of pedunculate oak in Krakovski gozd and Črni Log, we performed a dendrochronological analysis. In Črni log we sampled 20 trees (40 samples), and in Krakovski gozd 9 trees (21 samples), supplementing the oak chronologies with already existing chronologies. In total, 61 samples were obtained. They were properly processed in the dendrochronological laboratory and then analyzed using the ATRICS program and other computer programs. We found that there are differences between the oaks from Krakovski gozd and Črni log, and at the same time found for both complexes a climatic impact on growth, manifested as a negative influence of above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation. Pointer years are more pronounced in the last three decades, indicating more frequent climate extremes, and a rapidly changing climate.
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