This proceedings contains 13 selected papers on the various interdisciplinary topics of dendrochronology, including wood anatomy, dendroecology, historical dendrochronology, dendroclimatology, and dendrogeomorphology.

This special section contains an editorial summarizing the 25 years of existence and activity of the Italian Institute and Dendrochronologia, a short review over the first years of its existence and an outlook into the near future, and a paper on radiocarbon and dendrochronology.

The radiocarbon dating method relies on calibration through an independent dating method. Dendrochronology is an ideal partner of radiocarbon, because tree-rings are close-to-perfect archives of the atmospheric ¹⁴C level, and the tree-ring time scale can be built beyond doubt with high replication. ...

This paper presents a short review of the first years of growth ring studies and an outlook into the near future. Topics covered include: intra-annual cambium dynamics; wood anatomical time series; dendrochronology of dwarf shrubs and herbs; and dendro-provenancing.

This paper describes preliminary dendroecological analyses of tree ring collections from an old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in the Central Apennines (Cervara Valley, Abruzzi National Park). Tree ring series showed that at high-elevation sites in Central Italy, the potential longevity of...

Axial variation of latewood-widths and -stable isotopes (δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O) of a single sessile oak tree (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) was analysed. The influence of sampling height was found to be weak for both, latewood-widths and -stable isotopes in the latewood. The observed trends with...

Long tree-ring records on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) are important for understanding better the Asian monsoon variability and its linkage with other global climate systems such as El Niño/Southern Oscillation activities. Here we report a 1017-year tree-ring chronology of Sabina przewalskii...

Research Highlights: Chestnut trees' (Castanea sativa Mill.) growth and their responses to climate are influenced by stand-characteristics and managements. This study highlighted that chestnut tree-ring growth is not particularly influenced by climate, while minimum temperature showed a positive...

'Human time' means time in the context of human culture and activities. It is shown how 'human time' is biologically archived in and dendrochronologically extracted from tree rings. For illustration, examples in the late medieval Hanseatic city of Lübeck are selected.

Dendrogeomorphological research was conducted along a volcanic caldera lake of Bolsena in central Italy, Latium region, in order to investigate the erosion process that affects its coastline. Most of the trees sampled were black poplars (Populus nigra L.) with root systems differently exposed. The...