George LaRoi Forest Plot PIBN, Canada - CANA560 Additional Site Information Joseph Birch NOTES: Chronologies of four co-occurring tree species within a long-term forest plot at the southern ecotone of the Canadian boreal forest. The naming format for each species' cores is as follows: Picea glauca (GLP01A), Betula papyrifera (GLB01A), Pinus banksiana (GLJ01A), Populus tremuloides (GLA01A). Keywords: ecotone,gymnosperm,angiosperm Reference: Joseph D. Birch, James A. Lutz, E. H. Hogg, Suzanne W. Simard, Rick Pelletier, George H. LaRoi, Justine Karst. 2019. Decline of an ecotone forest: 50 years of demography in the southern boreal forest. Ecosphere, Vol. 10, Issue 4. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2698 Funding Sources: Alberta Conservation Association, NSERC COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA560.CRN Measurement file name : CANA560.RWL Date checked : 15MAY19 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1927 Ending year : 2017 Principal investigators: Joseph Birch Site name : George LaRoi Forest Plot Site location : Canada Species information : PIBN JACK PINE Latitude : 5324 Longitude : -11345 Elevation : 712M Series intercorrelation: 0.502 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.230 Avg standard deviation : 1.076 Avg autocorrelation : 0.763 Number dated series : 23 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 5 Pct problem segments : 10.42 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: GLR PIBN 16:02 Wed 15 May 2019 Page 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correlations of 50-year dated segments, lagged 25 years Flags: A = correlation under .3281 but highest as dated; B = correlation higher at other than dated position Seq Series Time_span 1925 1950 1975 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 GLJ01A 1961 2016 .27B .35 2 GLJ01B 1968 2017 .59 3 GLJ14A 1969 2016 .65 4 GLJ02B 1970 1997 .61 5 GLJ03A 1953 2016 .46 .64 6 GLJ03B 1954 2015 .47 .46 7 GLJ04A 1927 2017 .08B .37 .33 8 GLJ05A 1955 2017 .38 .39 9 GLJ05B 1953 2017 .61 .53 10 GLJ06A 1956 2017 .67 .67 11 GLJ06B 1958 2017 .63 .57 12 GLJ07A 1958 2002 .46 13 GLJ07B 1952 2016 .55 .49 14 GLJ08A 1964 2016 .30B .32A 15 GLJ08B 1953 2017 .32A .47 16 GLJ09A 1931 2014 .53 .67 .65 17 GLJ09B 1933 2016 .64 .64 .59 18 GLJ10A 1953 2016 .54 .59 19 GLJ10B 1940 2016 .46 .68 .62 20 GLJ11A 1954 2016 .63 .64 21 GLJ11B 1955 2016 .71 .72 22 GLJ12A 1942 2016 .60 .66 .66 23 GLJ13A 1930 2016 .38 .37 .38 Av segment correlation .45 .53 .53 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: GLR PIBN 16:02 Wed 15 May 2019 Page 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corr //-------- Unfiltered --------\\ //---- Filtered -----\\ No. No. No. with Mean Max Std Auto Mean Max Std Auto AR Seq Series Interval Years Segmt Flags Master msmt msmt dev corr sens value dev corr () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 1 GLJ01A 1961 2016 56 2 1 .490 1.47 2.53 .586 .416 .387 2.35 .407 -.060 1 2 GLJ01B 1968 2017 50 1 0 .594 1.65 2.49 .461 .622 .193 2.46 .453 .113 1 3 GLJ14A 1969 2016 48 1 0 .651 1.68 2.52 .475 .572 .212 2.48 .445 .097 1 4 GLJ02B 1970 1997 28 1 0 .608 1.90 3.08 .546 .637 .213 2.43 .566 -.059 3 5 GLJ03A 1953 2016 64 2 0 .451 2.45 4.70 1.137 .819 .211 2.68 .497 -.032 2 6 GLJ03B 1954 2015 62 2 0 .466 2.38 4.54 .860 .704 .218 2.67 .464 .030 3 7 GLJ04A 1927 2017 91 3 1 .178 2.01 8.11 2.004 .954 .265 2.59 .562 .079 1 8 GLJ05A 1955 2017 63 2 0 .367 2.48 3.94 .499 .553 .159 2.60 .587 .025 1 9 GLJ05B 1953 2017 65 2 0 .548 2.27 3.25 .481 .634 .150 2.46 .465 -.046 3 10 GLJ06A 1956 2017 62 2 0 .664 2.80 3.94 .637 .644 .162 2.51 .525 .111 1 11 GLJ06B 1958 2017 60 2 0 .625 2.41 4.09 .591 .510 .184 2.68 .519 -.025 2 12 GLJ07A 1958 2002 45 1 0 .456 2.15 4.88 1.299 .893 .251 3.23 .675 .125 1 13 GLJ07B 1952 2016 65 2 0 .501 1.82 5.29 1.543 .944 .219 2.74 .565 .016 1 14 GLJ08A 1964 2016 53 2 2 .304 1.48 3.64 .767 .735 .318 2.78 .524 -.015 1 15 GLJ08B 1953 2017 65 2 1 .329 1.40 3.45 .944 .827 .408 2.36 .369 .107 4 16 GLJ09A 1931 2014 84 3 0 .564 2.57 7.29 2.102 .943 .235 2.40 .344 -.047 1 17 GLJ09B 1933 2016 84 3 0 .606 2.97 8.65 2.139 .930 .237 2.52 .440 -.012 1 18 GLJ10A 1953 2016 64 2 0 .519 1.59 3.32 .704 .740 .329 2.81 .561 -.048 3 19 GLJ10B 1940 2016 77 3 0 .497 1.84 3.07 .524 .571 .221 2.45 .417 -.036 4 20 GLJ11A 1954 2016 63 2 0 .620 2.68 5.68 1.437 .924 .199 2.59 .508 .028 1 21 GLJ11B 1955 2016 62 2 0 .691 2.58 4.58 1.211 .915 .183 2.66 .556 .014 3 22 GLJ12A 1942 2016 75 3 0 .625 3.24 5.11 1.170 .801 .196 2.71 .546 .062 1 23 GLJ13A 1930 2016 87 3 0 .370 2.22 4.99 1.019 .879 .159 2.73 .589 -.062 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 1473 48 5 .502 2.22 8.65 1.076 .763 .230 3.23 .500 .014