Tree story: The history of the world written in rings, by Valerie Trouet 2020. Johns Hopkins University Press What links the following: That (in)famous ‘hockey stick graph’ which showed that Earth’s temperature...
Tag - dendrochronology
Nigel Chaffey
Tirpitz and the science of conflict ecology…
It has been said that, in war, truth is the first casualty. As understandable as it may be to tell lies, create and perpetuate falsehoods and deceptions, and spread disinformation – so as not to give any advantage to...
Xylem conductivity after mechanical damage
Vessel size and density are known to adjust in broadleaf plants after mechanical damage to stem or roots. This significantly alters the hydraulic conductivity of xylem and transpiration capacity of the tree. Tumajer and...
Alex Assiry
Dwarf shrubs from the Tibetan Plateau yield signals of past air moisture
How can you work out what the climate was like in the past, without having had someone take measurements? One solution is to look at tree rings. The pattern of tree rings can give you an indication of what climate was...
Fi Gennu
How are monospecific stands of invasive trees formed? Spatio-temporal evidence from Douglas fir invasions
Invasive plant species can have many, often detrimental, impacts on native plant communities, especially when they reach high densities and form monospecific stands. Monospecific stands are common among invasive plant...
William Salter
The trouble with travelling tree rings
There is a huge demand for long-term climate data, and tree growth rings could help with that, but an article in Quaternary Science Reviews warns there should be some caution using the data, as not all rings are the...
Dale Maylea
Cold-induced forest dieback of rear-edge tree populations
Although extreme climatic events such as drought are known to modify forest dynamics by triggering tree dieback, the impact of extreme cold events, especially at the low-latitude margin (‘rear edge’) of species...
botanyone
Annual increments of juniper as a climatic proxy
Dendroclimatology can play an important role in understanding past climatic changes, and where trees are not present it may be possible to utilize shrubs instead. Liang et al. examine the dendrochronological potential...
