Dendrogeomorphology is one of the most important techniques for determining the age of geomorphological processes such as slope movements, flooding, erosion, earthquakes and other processes. One advantage of application of dendrogeomorphology in the estimation of gully erosion is that it can...

Common beech, a widespread and economically important tree species in Europe, is known to be drought sensitive. For ensuring its survival under increasing future drought conditions, we need to advance our understanding on the relationships between drought and its growth performance. Diversifying...

The shift from shade-intolerant species to shade-tolerant mesophytic species in deciduous and mixed forests of the temperate zone is well described in studies from North America. This process has been termed mesophication and it has been linked to changes in fire regime. Fire suppression results in ...

Shelterbelts have played an important role in prairie agriculture since the late 1800s; however, little is known about how these shelterbelts may be affected by climate change. The objective of this study was to determine if shelterbelt species, which are heavily influenced by human activity,...

Dendrochronology is a science that studies the growth rings of trees and provides answers regarding not only their age, but also any disturbances in their development over time. The present study aimed to know the age of Acer negundo trees, as well as to reconstruct the influence of climatic...

We investigated the growth and mortality dynamics of 22 northern hardwood stands with well-known disturbance histories in southern Quebec, Canada. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of short- and long-term growth trends on both the probability of mortality and the radial...

With increased rates of climate change, it is imperative for forest managers to have access to models that can take into account the expected effects of climate change on tree growth. To this end, growth function are sometimes used that include climatic variables such as mean annual temperature or...

Gullies are complex geomorphic systems induced and transformed not only by surface erosion processes, but also by subsurface processes such as piping. However, the transient nature of piping makes this process more difficult to observe and study, especially when a pipe roof has totally collapsed....

The retrospective study of abrupt and sustained increases in the radial growth of trees (hereinafter 'releases') by tree-ring analysis is an approach widely used for reconstructing past forest disturbances. Despite the range of dendrochronological methods used for release-detection, a lack of...