Distilling allometric and environmental information from time series of conduit size: the standardization issue and its relationship to tree hydraulic architecture

M Carrer, G von Arx, D Castagneri, G Petit - Tree Physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Trees are among the best natural archives of past environmental information. Xylem
anatomy preserves information related to tree allometry and ecophysiological performance …

Scientific merits and analytical challenges of tree‐ring densitometry

J Björklund, G von Arx, D Nievergelt… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray microdensitometry on annually resolved tree‐ring samples has gained an exceptional
position in last‐millennium paleoclimatology through the maximum latewood density (MXD) …

Retrospective analysis of wood anatomical traits and tree‐ring isotopes suggests site‐specific mechanisms triggering Araucaria araucana drought‐induced dieback

PF Puchi, JJ Camarero, G Battipaglia… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 2010–2018, Northern Patagonia featured the longest severe drought of the last
millennium. This extreme dry spell triggered widespread growth decline and forest dieback …

Wood anatomy and carbon‐isotope discrimination support long‐term hydraulic deterioration as a major cause of drought‐induced dieback

E Pellizzari, JJ Camarero, A Gazol… - Global Change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hydraulic impairment due to xylem embolism and carbon starvation are the two proposed
mechanisms explaining drought‐induced forest dieback and tree death. Here, we evaluate …

dendroTools: R package for studying linear and nonlinear responses between tree-rings and daily environmental data

J Jevšenak, T Levanič - Dendrochronologia, 2018 - Elsevier
We introduce in this paper the dendroTools R package for studying the statistical
relationships between tree-ring parameters and daily environmental data. The core function …

Climatic influence on tree wood anatomy: a review

S Pandey - Journal of Wood Science, 2021 - Springer
Wood anatomical traits of xylem are the characteristics of tree rings at cellular and
subcellular scales providing important insights on structural features and their linkage to the …

Increasing winter temperatures stimulate scots pine growth in the north German lowlands despite stationary sensitivity to summer drought

M Diers, C Leuschner, C Dulamsuren, TC Schulz… - Ecosystems, 2024 - Springer
More than half of the forest area of the North German Lowlands is stocked with Scots pine-
dominated forests, mostly plantations. Climate change suggests a declining suitability of …

Climate-growth relationships for Norway spruce and Scots pine remained relatively stable in Norway over the past 60 years despite significant warming trends

M Merlin, G Hylen, M Vergarechea, RM Bright… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Forests, especially in the northern latitudes, are vulnerable ecosystems to climate change,
and tree-ring data offer insights into growth-climate relationships as an important effect …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling and reconstructing tree ring growth index with climate variables through artificial intelligence and statistical methods

N Salehnia, J Ahn - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate variables play an important role in the increase of tree ring width (TRW), which is
one of the primary paleoclimate signals. In this study, we apply new methods for …

Divergent climate response on hydraulic-related xylem anatomical traits of Picea abies along a 900-m altitudinal gradient

D Castagneri, G Petit, M Carrer - Tree physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Climate change can induce substantial modifications in xylem structure and water transport
capacity of trees exposed to environmental constraints. To elucidate mechanisms of xylem …