Document Type
Conference Paper
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Moving From Status to Trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium
Volume
NRS-P-105
Publication Date
2012
First Page
92
Last Page
98
Abstract
Increment cores collected as part of the periodic inventory in the Intermountain West were examined for their potential to represent growth and be a proxy for climate (precipitation) over a large region (Utah). Standardized and crossdated time-series created from pinyon pine (n=249) and Douglas-fir (n=274) increment cores displayed spatiotemporal patterns in growth differences both between species and by region within Utah. However, the between-species interrelationship of growth was strong over much of the state and indicated both species respond similarly to climate variations. Indeed, pinyon pine and Douglas-fir exhibited a significant and spatially coherent response to instrumental precipitation data. Previous water year (5-month lag) exhibited the strongest relationship to tree-ring increment for both species. Results suggest increment cores collected by Forest Inventory and Analysis are excellent proxies for historical precipitation.
Recommended Citation
DeRose, R. Justin; Wang, Shih-Yu (Simon); and Shaw, John D., "Investigating Forest Inventory and Analysis-Collected Tree-Ring Data from Utah as a Proxy for Historical Climate" (2012). Wasatch Dendroclimatology Research. Paper 6.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wadr/6