1. A single-tree approach to determine climate-growth patterns of European beech and their seasonality in the species southern distribution areaRoberto Serrano-Notivoli, Jernej Jevšenak, Katarina Čufar, Nina Škrk Dolar, Angela Balzano, Jožica Gričar, Maks Merela, Klemen Novak, Peter Prislan, Martin De Luis, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: Dry and warm climate conditions in southern Europe represent clear limits for European beech (Fagus sylvatica) growth near the species southern distribution limit, but it is unclear how aridification and changes in seasonal precipitation regimes will affect these forests at the individual level. We explored climate-growth relationships and the seasonality of peak climate signals in European beech using daily climate data and a large collection of tree-ring width series from southern and southeastern Europe through Generalised Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs). In most cases we found a positive and significant influence of precipitation on tree growth, and a significant negative effect of maximum temperature. Predictions from the GLMMs revealed a positive impact of precipitation during an 88 day window from spring to early summer (mid-April to mid-July), for an average tree across our network. This critical growing time window ranged from 75 days in warmer and drier conditions, and extended up to 100 days in areas with mild temperatures and moderate summer precipitation. Maximum temperatures negatively affected trees for an average of 27 day window in summer (June-July). This period was reduced to <10 days in locations with wetter and colder summers, rising up to 45 days in sites with drier and warmer summers. The positive effect of precipitation on growth was stronger and commenced earlier in larger trees. Similarly, the negative effects of maximum temperatures were more pronounced for larger trees. The use of daily climate data and a tree-centred approach allowed for capturing critical temporal dynamics in climate-growth relationships that are often overlooked by conventional methods. These insights significantly enhance our understanding of climatic factors influencing individual beech growth at the edge of its distribution range and their seasonal variations. Keywords: European beech, daily climatic variables, precipitation, maximum temperature, tree-ring width, range limit Published in DiRROS: 06.06.2025; Views: 134; Downloads: 69
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2. Runoff and evapotranspiration–precipitation ratios as indicators of water regulation ecosystem services in urban forestsUrša Vilhar, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: As a form of green infrastructure, urban forests play a key role in the provision of hydrological ecosystem services (ESs) in cities. Understanding how urban forest structure and soil properties influence water regulation ESs is crucial for managing and planning green infrastructure in cities. We analysed two indicators—the runoff to precipitation (Q/P) and the evapotranspiration to precipitation (ETP/P) ratios—for five different urban forests. We used the hydrological model Brook90 over 16 years to simulate runoff, evapotranspiration, canopy interception, transpiration and soil evaporation. The results showed that mixed forests have the highest water retention capacity, with the lowest Q/P (0.41) and the highest ETP/P (0.59). In contrast, riparian deciduous forests had the lowest water retention capacity, with the highest Q/P (0.75) and the lowest ETP/P (0.25). Both indicators showed similar annual and seasonal results. However, Q/P showed strong inter-annual variation and a strong correlation with precipitation, while ETP/P remained consistent despite precipitation fluctuations in the observed years. In conclusion, the ETP/P ratio is better suited to assess the water regulation ES of urban forests. Keywords: stand structure, tree species composition, soil properties, hydrological model Brook90, urban ecosystems, precipitation, transpiration, urban green space, urban green infrastructure Published in DiRROS: 14.04.2025; Views: 300; Downloads: 97
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3. Predicting GPP in Carpathian Beech Forests: Uncovering spatial and temporal patterns using a regression model with climatic, topographic and additional featuresAzim Missarov, Jakub Kašpar, Kamil Král, O. Brovkina, M. Švik, 2024, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: gross primary product, regression model, remote sensing, temperature, precipitation, digital elevation model Published in DiRROS: 03.09.2024; Views: 1118; Downloads: 170
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4. Monitoring forest response using Sentinel-2 observations to climatic factors along the Carpathian MountainsTatjana Veljanovski, Nina Krašovec, Ana Burgin, O. Brovkina, M. Švik, Matjaž Čater, 2024, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: entinel-2 time-series, forest canopy, precipitation, temperature, lagging effects Published in DiRROS: 03.09.2024; Views: 709; Downloads: 1495
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5. Influence of isothermal annealing in the 600 to 750 °C range on the degradation of SAF 2205 duplex stainless steelJaka Burja, Borut Žužek, Barbara Šetina, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: We studied the effect of isothermal annealing (600–750 °C, 1 to 1000 min) on the microstructure
and mechanical properties of SAF 2205 duplex stainless steel. Impact toughness was found
to be significantly more affected than hardness by annealing. Annealing at 750 °C for 1000 min
resulted in a more than 90% decrease in impact toughness, while hardness only increased by 25%.
Tensile strength increased up to 100 MPa, but elongation decreased by more than 50% under the
same conditions. Sigma phase formation was minimal at lower temperatures (650 °C and below)
but increased significantly at higher temperatures. At 750 °C and 1000 min of annealing, the ferrite
content dropped from 50% to 16%. These findings suggest that annealing temperature and time need
to be carefully controlled to avoid a reduction in impact toughness and ductility caused by sigma
phase precipitation. The harmful effect of sigma phase precipitation on mechanical properties was
directly shown.
Keywords: duplex stainless steel, sigma phase, precipitation kinetics, mechanical properties, isothermal annealing Published in DiRROS: 24.07.2024; Views: 556; Downloads: 436
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7. Response of beech and fir to different light intensities along the Carpathian and Dinaric MountainsMatjaž Čater, Pia Caroline Adamič, Eva Dařenová, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: Predicting global change mitigations based on environmental variables, like temperature and water availability, although yielding insightful hypothesis still lacks the integration of environmental responses. Physiological limits should be assessed to obtain a complete representation of a species’ fundamental niche. Detailed ecophysiological studies on the response of trees along the latitudinal gradient are rare. They could shed light on the behaviour under different light intensities and other studied traits. The forests of the Dinaric Mountains and the Carpathians represent the largest contiguous forest complexes in south-eastern Europe. In uneven-aged Carpathian (8 plots) and Dinaric Mountain (11 plots) forests, net assimilation (Amax) and maximum quantum yield (Φ) were measured for beech and fir in three predefined light intensity categories according to the indirect site factor (ISF%) obtained by the analysis of hemispherical photographs in managed and old growth forests, all located above 800 m a.s.l. The measurements were carried out under fixed environmental conditions in each light category per plot for three consecutive years. Data from the last 50-year average period from the CRU TS 4.01 dataset were used for the comparison between Amax, Φ, and climate. The highest Φ for beech were observed in the central part of the Dinaric Mountains and in the south westernmost and northwesternmost part of the Carpathians for both beech and fir, while they were highest for fir in the Dinaric Mountains in the northwesternmost part of the study area. The Φ-value of beech decreased in both complexes with increasing mean annual temperature and was highest in the open landscape. For fir in the Carpathians, Φ decreased with increasing mean annual temperature, while in the Dinaric Mountains it increased with higher temperature and showed a more scattered response compared to the Carpathians. Short-term ecophysiological responses of beech and fir were consistent to long-term radial growth observations observed on same locations. The results may provide a basis and an indication of the future response of two tree species in their biogeographical range to climate change in terms of competitiveness, existence and consequently forest management decisions. Keywords: silver fir, beech, light response, Carpathian Mountains, Dinaric Mountains, temperature, precipitation Published in DiRROS: 08.05.2024; Views: 859; Downloads: 711
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8. Prediction of actual from climatic precipitation with data collected from northern Poland : a statistical approachJacek Barańczuk, Martina Zeleňáková, Hany F. Abd-Elhamid, Katarzyna Barańczuk, Salem S. Gharbia, Peter Blišťan, Cécil J. W. Meulenberg, Peter Kumer, Włodzimierz Golus, Maciej Markowski, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: Water is a basic element of the natural environment and the most important component in human water management. Rainfall is the main source of water. Therefore, determining the amount of precipitation reaching the ground using sensors is crucial information. Precise precipitation data are necessary for better modeling quality, as the observation data from weather stations are used as basics for weather model assessment. The authors compared precipitation from the Hellmann rain gauge (climatic precipitation, 1.0 m above the ground surface) measured throughout the year and the GGI 3000 rain gauge (actual precipitation on the ground level) measured from April to October. Measurement sequences from the years 2011–2020 were considered. The data for analysis were obtained from a weather station located in northern Poland. The authors analyzed the relationships between data from the two sensors. A comparative study showed that the measurements of actual precipitation are higher and there are strong relationships between actual and climatic rainfall (r = 0.99). Using the introduced coefficient it is possible to determine the full–year actual precipitation with high probability, taking into account the precipitation with a correction from the winter half-year and the actual precipitation from the summer half-year, which is of great importance in the calculation of the water balance. Keywords: natural environment, climate change, precipitation, prediction, statistics, analysis, Poland Published in DiRROS: 25.01.2023; Views: 1016; Downloads: 719
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9. Influence of deep cryogenic treatment on natural and artificial aging of Al-Mg-Si alloy EN AW 6026Matic Klug Jovičević, Rok Rezar, Patricia Jovičević Klug, Bojan Podgornik, 2022, original scientific article Keywords: aluminum alloy, microstructure, mechanical properties, precipitation, dispersoids, deep cryogenic treatment Published in DiRROS: 06.05.2022; Views: 1587; Downloads: 519
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10. Growth response of different tree species (oaks, beech and pine) from SE Europe to precipitation over timeDejan Stojanović, Tom Levanič, Bratislav Matović, Stefan Stjepanović, Saša Orlović, original scientific article Abstract: Changing climatic conditions can have various consequences for forest ecosystems, from increasing frequencies of forest fires, ice and windstorm events to pathogen outbreaks and mass mortalities. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was chosen for the evaluation of drought impact on the radial growth of trees after extensive preliminary testing of various calculated monthly climate parameters from the CARPATCLIM database. SPI was calculated for periods between 3 and 36 months for different sites (lowland and mountainous parts of Serbia, Southeast Europe), from which Quercus robur, Q. cerris, Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris samples were acquired. Bootstrapped Pearson%s correlations between SPI monthly indices and radial growth of tree species were calculated. We found that 12-month SPI for summer months may be a good predictor of positive and negative growth of different species at different sites. The strongest positive correlations for five of six tree-ring width chronologies were between 12-month June and 14-month September SPI, which implies that high growth rates can be expected when the autumn of the previous year, and winter, spring and summer of the current year, are well supplied with precipitation, and vice versa (low precipitation in given period/low growth rates). Keywords: standardized precipitation index, SPI, climate change, tree mortality, Quercus sp., Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris Published in DiRROS: 18.04.2018; Views: 3605; Downloads: 2163
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