Tree rings form the backbone of high-resolution palaeoclimatology and represent one of the most frequently used proxy to reconstruct climate variability of the Common Era. In the European Alps, reconstructions were often based on tree-ring width (TRW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) series, with ...
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Lopez-Saez, J.; Corona, C.; Arx, G. von; Fonti, P.; Slamova, L.; Stoffel, M.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 855,
Cellulose content (CC (%)) in tree rings is usually utilised as a tool to control the quality of the cellulose extraction from tree rings in the preparation of stable-isotope analysis in wooden tissues. Reported amounts of CC (%) are often limited to mean values per tree. For the first time, CC (%) ...
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Ziehmer, M. M.; Nicolussi, K.; Schlüchter, C.; Leuenberger, M.
Publisher
Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH, Gottingen, Germany
Citation
Biogeosciences, 2018, 15, 4, pp 1047-1064
Age-related trends are present in tree-ring widths (TRW), but their presence in tree rings isotope is debated. It is unclear how cambial age influences the relationships between TRW and isotopes. Tree-ring isotopes of alpine larch and cembran-pine trees showed only trends in the juvenile period...
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Arosio, T.; Ziehmer-Wenz, M. M.; Nicolussi, K.; Schlüchter, C.; Leuenberger, M. C.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Forests, 2021, 12, 11,
Millennial-length tree-ring width chronologies are used to reconstruct temperature and place recent warming into historical context. The Simplon valley in the Western Central Alps is an ideal region for such a study as it provides historical timber back to medieval times which can be combined with...
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Riechelmann, D. FC. FC.; Hartl, C.; Esper, J.
Publisher
Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Parma, Italy
Citation
iForest, 2020, 13, 351-359, pp 351-359
Based on previous measurements from 1962 to 2017 on forest research plots located on former slash-and-burn farming areas in the cadastral municipality of Koprivna, the diameter and height increment as well as volume increments of the two main tree species - spruce and larch - were calculated. These ...
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Golob, J.; Levanič, T.; Hladnik, D.
Publisher
Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation
Acta Silvae et Ligni, 2021, 126, pp 23-39
Precise cross-dating of disturbance events is crucial to understanding the functioning of forest stands, and may help explain ongoing ecological processes in a forest. Tree rings are very often used to reconstruct the history of disturbances and to study the response of trees to climatic factors....
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Izworska, K.; Muter, E.; Fleischer, P.; Zielonka, T.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Trees: Structure and Function, 2021, 36, 1, pp 427-438
The prehistoric salt mine of Hallstatt together with its burial ground is one of the most prominent archaeological sites in the world, and has given its name to the "Hallstatt period", an epoch of European prehistory (800 to 400 BCE). Due to the perfect conservation in rock salt a high number of...
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Grabner, M.; Wächter, E.; Nicolussi, K.; Bolka, M.; Sormaz, T.; Steier, P.; Wild, E. M.; Barth, F. E.; Kern, A.; Rudorfer, J.; Kowarik, K.; Stöllner, T.; Reschreiter, H.
Publisher
Elsevier GmbH, Munich, Germany
Citation
Dendrochronologia, 2021, 66,
Maximum latewood density (MXD) measurements from high-elevation/-latitude sites are an important proxy for summer temperature reconstructions. Here, we present 201 MXD series from living larch (Larix decidua Mill.) trees that were growing at around 850 and 1450 m a.s.l. in the Slovakian Tatra...
Author(s)
Klippel, L.; Büntgen, U.; Konter, O.; Kyncl, T.; Esper, J.
Publisher
Elsevier GmbH, Munich, Germany
Citation
Dendrochronologia, 2020, 60,
Tree ring analysis is essential to reveal the environmental information encoded in the wood structure. It provides quantitative data on the anatomical structure which can be used, for example, to measure the impact of the fluctuating environment on the tree growth, to support global vegetation...
Author(s)
Martinez-Garcia, J.; Stelzner, I.; Stelzner, J.; Gwerder, D.; Schuetz, P.
Publisher
Elsevier GmbH, Munich, Germany
Citation
Dendrochronologia, 2021, 69,
During recent decades, stable oxygen isotopes derived from tree-ring cellulose (δ18OTRC) have been frequently utilised as the baseline for palaeoclimatic reconstructions. In this context, numerous studies take advantage of the high sensitivity of trees close to their ecological distribution limit...
Author(s)
Grießinger, J.; Meier, W. J. H.; Bast, A.; Debel, A.; Gärtner-Roer, I.; Gärtner, H.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Atmosphere, 2021, 12, 7,