title: Bioclimatic characteristic of oak species Quercus macranthera subsp. syspirensis and Quercus petraea subsp. pinnatiloba in Turkey.
abstract: This study was carried out to determine some bioclimatic characteristics such as humidity category (Q2), winter variant (m), the length of the dry season (LDS) and the dry season water deficit (DSWD) of naturally growing two endemic oak taxa, Quercus macranthera subsp. syspirensis and Q. petraea subsp. pinnatiloba, living in Turkey. Our findings showed that bioclimatic tolerance range of Q. macranthera subsp. syspirensis possess 7 different types of Mediterranean bioclimate while Q. petraea subsp. pinnatiloba had 8 of them. Although Q. macranthera subsp. syspirensis was ranging among the semiarid, freezing and very cold, Q. petraea subsp. pinnatiloba was among sub-humid, freezing and very cold ambient. It was briefly established that Q. macranthera subsp. syspirensis prefers semi-arid and very cold/freezing conditions and Q. petraea subsp. pinnatiloba prefers sub-humid and cold/very cold climatic conditions.
authors: Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Science and Literatures, Department of Biology, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Kargioglu
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Serteser
authors: Cetin
authors: C
authors: Senkul
authors: Muhsin
authors: M
authors: Konuk
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D029963:Quercus; D013045:Species Specificity; D014421:Turkey