EXPLORATORY RESEARCH PROJECT
ID 65

romana

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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

         

Year

 

Objectives

(Objective name)

Related  activities

 

Degree of achievement

2007

1

Choosing and setting of experimental sites for climate and growth monitoring

Analysis of actual status of timberline ecosystems

100%

Choosing of growth monitoring experimental plots

Setting weather station in experimental plots

Setting of temperature monitoring sensors on altitudinal transects

Setting of growth monitoring sensors on experimental plots

2008

1

Analysis of growth reaction to climate variation in relation with age and tree status in timberline forests

Setting a permanent experimental plots in a high altitude forest ecosystem

100%

Sampling and measurement of growth cores

Analysis of climate-growth relationship in relation with age and tree status

2

Variability of climate response in relation with species in timberline forests

Sampling and measurement of cores to complete the RODENDRONET network

100%

Extraction and analysis of dendrochronological series from RODENDRONET database for the high altitude area

Statistical analysis of growth reaction to climate variation in relation with species

3

Quantification of climate-growth relationship in relation with altitude gradient

Setting a two altitudinal transects and sampling

100%

Measurement and analysis of growth samples

Quantification of climate-growth relationship using pointer year and correlation coefficients

2009

1

Analysis of inter and intra yearly dynamics of climate in high altitude forests

Continuous monitoring and gathering of data from weather station and temperature sensors

100%

Statistical analysis of yearly data series

Statistical analysis of hourly climate data

2

Monitoring of intra-yearly growth processes in timberline forests by point dendrometers

Continuous monitoring and gathering data regarding growth process dynamic by point dendrometers

100%

Growth monitoring by manual band dendrometers

Statistical analysis of growth time series

2010

1

Inter-yearly growth monitoring by xylological techniques

Sampling of cores for wood anatomy analysis


100%

Preparation of samples and microsections for microscopic analysis

Measurement of cells parameters and statistical analysis

2

Tree ring formation dynamics evaluated by microcores method

Weekly sampling of microcores

100%

Preparation of microscopic sections

Quantification of tree ring formation phases and statistical modeling of growth dynamics