The comprehensive text includes a history of dendrochronology, biological and ecological background, principles of the field, basic information on the structure and growth of trees, the complete range of dendrochronological methods (including common computer programs and statistical methods), and a ...

A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent and long-term data to support analyses of historical patterns and trends, and for model development and evaluation. Along with directly measured climate data from the present and recent past, it is important to obtain estimates of long...

This book gives results of dendrochronology and dendroclimatology studies in the Sub-Arctic, carried out chiefly by the Dendrochronology Laboratory of the Urals Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, and the V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forestry at Krasnoyarsk. It covers: climate change and...

This book presents advances in research on insect outbreak dynamics and outbreak species that have been made since the publication of "Insect Outbreaks" in 1987. Information updates are presented in chapters that are classified into sections focusing on: physiological and life history perspectives...

Dendrochronology and wood anatomy developed for decades as two independent scientific fields. It was only in the last decade that it was made clear that the dimension of time is the fourth dimension for both sciences and that it was demonstrated that wood anatomy and dendrochronology are perfect...

This very well illustrated book provides an overview of the biological foundations of dendrochronology and its application within ecology and is based on a comprehensive bibliography. Chapters are presented on: Introduction; Growth factors; Growth zones in perennial plants; Basic biological...

After an introduction and a discussion of the factors influencing development and form of stem cross-sections, descriptions (illustrations of the exterior form of each tree, a paragraph describing soil, climatic and ecological characteristics, a distribution map, and descriptions of the wood,...

The Syunik Marz (region) is the largest of Armenia's eleven marzes (15% of land area) and incorporates 21.6% of its forests. It is notable that Syunik's forest ecosystems have been identified as a global conservation priority by the WWF and Conservation International. This publication explores the...

This book presents the prestigious xylarium of the Royal Museum for Central Africa and the research foci of the wood biology laboratory. It also includes: a discussion on the structure and life of wood, a presentation of the collection's history, and an introduction to planetary and African biomes.

A review and description of state-of-the-art methods of tree-ring analysis and their value in detecting environmental change. In addition to the editors, 30 authors have contributed to the 6 chapters: Some historical background on dendrochronology; Primary data (principles and methods for data...