Conifer forests in the Jizerské Mountains, Czech Republic have experienced widespread and long-lasting effects related to industrial SO₂ pollution. To explore the spatial and temporal impact of this phenomenon on Norway spruce stands, a transect of sites was sampled to the southeast of the Polish...

Globally, colonialism resulted in the suppression of aboriginal land management practices, abetted by the concept of terra nullius, "belonging to no one"; the belief that aboriginal people had little influence on or ownership of the land. Until recently, this ideology was entrenched in resource...

We examined radial growth rates of locally co-occurring Douglas-fir (PSME - Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) and ponderosa pine (PIPO - Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa) trees growing within the Northern Rockies to determine if there are differential growth and climatic responses between these...

Because old trees contain centuries of environmental history, investigators are increasingly turning to dendrochronology to create context for current environmental change. While a suite of characteristics to identify old trees has been developed, most of these characteristics are for conifers or...

It is expected that climate warming will enhance tree growth of mountain conifer forests in cold regions. However, trees have shown unstable, age-related and site-dependent growth responses to climate throughout the past century, but information on the drivers controlling such responsiveness at the ...

Climate affects the timing, rate and dynamics of tree growth, over time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. Monitoring how a tree's stem radius varies over these time scales can provide insight into intra-annual stem dynamics and improve our understanding of climate impacts on tree physiology ...

Studies were made in a natural taiga stand of fir/spruce [Abies sibirica / Picea obovata] where the mean age of the trees was 90-130 years, mean ht 18-20 m, and mean diam. 15 cm, and in 5 provenance plantations of Pinus sylvestris 33 years old in the forest-steppe zone. The trees were divided into...

We investigated the climate response of three Siberian taiga species, Larix cajanderi, Picea obovata, and Pinus sylvestris, across a latitudinal gradient in central Siberia. We hypothesized that warming is more frequently associated with increased growth for evergreen conifers (P. obovata and P....

Picca Schrenkiana var Tianshanica were sampled as dendrochronologic cores along with Urumqi river mountainous basin in order to compliment former dendroclimatic research work on this area. This spruce distributed middle-alps cold-temperate-belt around 1 800-2 600 m elevation as dominant species in...

Ring-width chronologies from Pinus resinosa Ait., Pinus strobus L., and Thuja occidentalis L. were developed in two areas of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to assess their growth-climate response and their potential for developing reconstructions of climate. New red pine chronologies...