Tree diameter growth and increment core δ13C data from a recently thinned forestry-drained site (Lettosuo) in southern Finland.

Dataset includes increment core data from Lettosuo drained peatland forest site. The study site locates in the Tammela municipality in southern Finland (60° 38’ 31’’ N, 23° 57’ 35’’ E). Increment cores were analysed for the ring widths for dominant and suppressed Norway spruce trees, and for the ring δ¹³C values from suppressed Norway spruce trees. Data was collected as a part of BiBiFe (”Biogeochemical and biophysical feedbacks from forest harvesting to climate change”) consortium that is funded by the Academy of Finland. 

Sampling for increment cores was done during October 2020 for sample trees (10 in total, of which 5 were suppressed trees from thinned area and 5 suppressed trees from control area) and additional sampling was conducted for annual diameter increment for 3 tree groups to increase sample size for diameter growth (suppressed trees in thinned area [n=20], dominant trees in thinned area [n=22] and suppressed trees in control area[n=20]) during March 2021. 

Tree ring carbon isotope data

Laser ablation IRMS method was applied in the Stable Isotope Laboratory of Luke (SILL) to quantify δ¹³C values in 10 increment cores for the time period 2010–2020, following principles of Schulze et al. (2004) and described in Lehtonen et al (manuscript). Up to 11 evenly spaced “spots” for each annual tree ring were measured to obtain information on the intra-annual variation of δ¹³C of the samples. 

(1) File: Lettosuo_d13C.xls

File includes d13C measurements

Data column description below for isotope data: 

id stands for tree id [id includes tree identity, year and also spot number]

year is the year of the tree ring

nr is an index for data 

tree indicates tree identity "C" for control and "H" for harvest

treatment indicates the treatment of the sampling area (control / harvest)

d13C gives the measured d13C value based on the LA-IRMS measurements

season indicates whether observation originated from the earlywood (EW) or latewood (LW) period, where 1 is EW and 2 is LW

Tree ring width measurements

In addition to the δ¹³C values, also the ring widths were measured. Here, also additional dominant trees were measured. 

(3) Files:

controlRW.csv

dominantRW.csv

thinningRW.csv

Files include increment core data (in micrometers) from isotope sample trees and additional increment core trees from the control area and harvested area of the site. Dominant trees were measured only from the thinned area. 

In the .csv files individual columns are for ring widths for individual trees. In the controlRW.csv and thinningRW.csv files first 5 columns include diameter increments from sample trees (those that have also d13C measurements).

References:

Lehtonen A, Leppä K, Sahlstedt E, Schiestl-Aalto P, Heikkinen J, Young G, Korkiakoski M, Peltoniemi M, Rinne-Garmston K, Sarkkola S, Lohila A, Mäkipää R (manuscript). Fast recovery of Norway spruce trees after thinning from above on a drained peatland forest site.

Korkiakoski M, Ojanen P, Penttilä T, Minkkinen K, Sarkkola S, Rainne J, Laurila T, Lohila A (2020) Impact of partial harvest on CH₄ and N₂O balances of a drained boreal peatland forest. Agric For Meteorol 295:108168.

Schulze B, Wirth C, Linke P, Brand WA, Kuhlmann I, Horna V, Schulze E-D (2004) Laser ablation-combustion-GC-IRMS--a new method for online analysis of intra-annual variation of 13C in tree rings. Tree Physiol 24:1193–1201.