Zastosowanie metod dendrochronologicznych oraz spektrometrycznych w monitorowaniu drzewostanów sosnowych na obszarach przemysłowych

The main aim of this study was to analyze the variability of width as well as content of stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, and radiocarbon in Pinus sylvestris L. tree rings. Analysed Scots pine stand grew on the fresh mixed coniferous forest habitat type on site located in the vicinity of the power plant in Łaziska Górne (southern Poland). The combined usage of tree ring width and isotopic data allowed to identify how investigated trees have adapted to the pollution. Strong increase of industrial pollution emission was noted on the investigated site between 1960s and 1980s. During that time, the trees reduced their radial incement and the heterogeneity of their reaction increased, whereas their sensitivity to short−term impulses to changes in the environment conditions weakened. We observed depletion rates of 14C and δ13C concentration in α−cellulose related to the CO2 emission into the atmosphere in the processes associated with the fossil fuels combustion. Prior to 2000, a decrease in stomatal conductivity was associated with a minor changes in the net photosynthesis rate and that elevated CO2 increased intrinsic water use efficiency (approximately by 40%).