Lake Avlan Drainage Effects on Radial Tree Growth at Microecological Level

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dc.contributor.authorErkan, Nesat
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T21:05:11Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T21:05:11Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractLake Avlan is a natural lake located in the mountainous areas in southwestern Turkey. The lake was drained towards the end of the 1970s. However, some serious socioeconomic impacts were felt in the region surrounding the lake basin. Because the increasing ecological problems were realized within 20 years, the lake was restored towards the end of the 1990s. The present study considers the effects of lake drying on the radial growth rate of cedar and juniper forests on the slopes adjacent to the lake basin, during the drained period. Dendrochronological methods were used in two stands, one from cedar and the other from juniper forests. Results showed that mean index values derived from annual growth rate for the drained period were 15% and 14% less than that of the average of pre- and post-drying periods of the lake for cedar and juniper sites, respectively. Microecological change, namely decreasing air humidity, due to drying the lake may be the main reason of differentiation in the index values. Natural lakes, like Avlan, on mountainous areas are an important component of forest ecosystems and should not be overlooked by natural resource planners in such regions.
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkish General Directorate of Forestry
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the Turkish General Directorate of Forestry. The author is grateful to Dr. Kani Isik from Akdeniz University, Antalya, for his review and valuable suggestions on the manuscript, to Dr. Cagatay Tasdemir from Bursa Technical University, Faculty of Forestry for reviewing the English language of the text, and to Serpil Erkan for her help in the measurement of the samples.
dc.identifier.doi10.15376/biores.17.3.4470-4479
dc.identifier.endpage4479
dc.identifier.issn1930-2126
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85137609759
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage4470
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15376/biores.17.3.4470-4479
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/6842
dc.identifier.volume17
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000850346900034
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNorth Carolina State Univ Dept Wood & Paper Sci
dc.relation.ispartofBioresources
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260212
dc.subjectForest ecosystems
dc.subjectDendrochronology
dc.subjectTree-ring analysis
dc.subjectDried lakes
dc.titleLake Avlan Drainage Effects on Radial Tree Growth at Microecological Level
dc.typeArticle

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