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Seasonal Weather Regimes Influence Interpretation of Pinus resinosa Foliar Analysis
Author(s) -
Bickelhaupt Donald H.,
Lea Russell,
Tarbet Don D.,
Leaf Albert L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1979.03615995004300020037x
Subject(s) - snow , precipitation , pinus <genus> , growing season , red pine , environmental science , seasonality , growing degree day , climatology , atmospheric sciences , agronomy , mathematics , botany , meteorology , geography , biology , statistics , phenology , geology
Abstract A technique is described for quantifying the influence of seasonal precipitation and atmospheric temperature patterns (using degree‐day summations) on annual foliar analysis data. The results of this are used to adjust for the influence of climatic variation on foliar data so as to obtain a better estimate of species and soils relations. For Pinus resinosa , a species with determinate growth characteristics, precipitation and degree‐day summations over a portion of the previous snow‐free season plus the same measures for the current snow‐free season may be used to adjust annual foliar analysis data to improve these data for diagnostic purposes.