Dendroarchaeology in Europe

W Tegel, B Muigg, G Skiadaresis… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human evolution was strongly related to environmental factors. Woodlands and their
products played a key role in the production of tools and weapons, and provided unique …

[HTML][HTML] Ranking of tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstructions of the past millennium

FC Ljungqvist, A Piermattei, A Seim, PJ Krusic… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
To place recent hydroclimate changes, including drought occurrences, in a long-term
historical context, tree-ring records serve as an important natural archive. Here, we evaluate …

Anthropogenic warming has exacerbated droughts in southern Europe since the 1850s

W An, C Xu, SB Marković, S Sun, Y Sun… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Widespread and frequent droughts have affected most parts of Europe over recent years, but
it remains unclear when this synchronous drying trend began and how it has been …

First Mediterranean Assessment Report–Chapter 4: Ecosystems

MV Balzan, AER Hassoun, N Aroua… - … Change in the …, 2020 - amu.hal.science
Despite covering only 0.82% of the ocean's surface, the Mediterranean Sea supports up to
18% of all known marine species, with 21% being listed as vulnerable and 11% as …

Eastern Mediterranean summer temperatures since 730 CE from Mt. Smolikas tree-ring densities

J Esper, L Klippel, PJ Krusic, O Konter, CC Raible… - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The Mediterranean has been identified as particularly vulnerable to climate change, yet a
high-resolution temperature reconstruction extending back into the Medieval Warm Period is …

Reduced temperature sensitivity of maximum latewood density formation in high-elevation Corsican pines under recent warming

P Römer, C Hartl, L Schneider, A Bräuning… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Maximum latewood density (MXD) measurements from long-lived Black pines (Pinus nigra
spp. laricio) growing at the upper treeline in Corsica are one of the few archives to …

First measurements of Blue intensity from Pinus peuce and Pinus heldreichii tree rings and potential for climate reconstructions

N Tsvetanov, E Dolgova, M Panayotov - Dendrochronologia, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate changes, their regional patterns, origin, and prediction are currently one of the most
important scientific challenges. Tree-rings are among the most widely used proxies for past …

Pre‐instrumental summer precipitation variability in northwestern Greece from a high‐elevation Pinus heldreichii network

J Esper, O Konter, L Klippel, PJ Krusic… - International Journal of …, 2021 - e-docs.geo-leo.de
The spatiotemporal variability of precipitation is of vital importance to Mediterranean ecology
and economy, but pre‐instrumental changes are not well understood. Here, we present a …

A 1200+ year reconstruction of temperature extremes for the northeastern Mediterranean region

L Klippel, PJ Krusic, O Konter… - International Journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Proxy evidence is necessary to place current temperature and hydroclimatic changes in a
long‐term context and to assess the full range of natural and anthropogenic climate forcings …

Discovering the Unknown History of the Utilization of Pinus heldreichii in Wooden Structures by Means of Dendroarchaeology: A Case Study from Metsovo (Northern …

A Christopoulou, B Gmińska-Nowak, E Tsakanika… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Pinus heldreichii is a long-living tree subalpine species commonly used for
climate reconstruction. Nevertheless, its potential for dendroarchaeology and dating of …