One hundred years of tree-ring research in the tropics – a brief history and an outlook to future challenges

Worbes, Martin

doi:10.1078/1125-7865-00018

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“…As a result, the periodicity in tree growth needs to be evaluated to prove annual ring formation and field sampling strategies need to be adjusted. Due to the presence of wedging rings, working with stem discs rather than increment cores is generally recommended (Worbes 2002). This implies that sampling may be confined to logged areas or to trees that died naturally.…”

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“…Tropical tree-ring boundaries are often anatomically less distinct and sometimes less reliable than those in temperate zones (Worbes 2002). Climatic fluctuations within the seasons can cause formation of false rings (Priya and Bhat 1998), wedging rings are common (Worbes 2002), and also non-annual ring formation has been shown (Dünisch et al 2003;Wils et al 2009).…”

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“…Climatic fluctuations within the seasons can cause formation of false rings (Priya and Bhat 1998), wedging rings are common (Worbes 2002), and also non-annual ring formation has been shown (Dünisch et al 2003;Wils et al 2009). Hence, the annual nature of the rings needs to be proven before tree-ring studies can be conducted.…”

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“…Over the last decades, the annual character of tree rings has been established for a large number of species in many tropical areas (e.g. Worbes 2002;Dezzeo et al 2003;Brienen and Zuidema 2005), thus providing a sound basis for applying tree-ring analysis to tackle ecological questions.…”

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Dendroecology in the tropics: a review

Rozendaal

Zuidema

2010

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Over the last decade the field of tropical dendroecology has developed rapidly and major achievements have been made. We reviewed the advances in three main themes within the field. First, long chronologies for tropical tree species were constructed which allowed climate reconstructions, revealed sources of climatic variation and clarified climate-growth relations. Other studies combined tree-ring data and stable isotope ( 13 C and 18 O) measurements to evaluate the response of tropical trees to climatic variation and changes. A second set of studies assessed long-term growth patterns of individual trees throughout their life. These studies enhanced the understanding of growth trajectories to the canopy, quantified autocorrelated tree growth and yielded new estimates of tree ages. Such studies were also used to reconstruct the disturbance history of tropical forests. The last set of studies applied tree-ring data to growth models. Tree-ring data can replace diameter measurements from research plots, provide additional information to construct population models, improve timber yield models and validate model output. Based on our review, we propose two main directions for future research.(1) An evaluation of the causes and consequences of growth variation within and among trees and their relation to environmental variation. Studies evaluating this directly contribute to improved understanding of tropical tree ecology. (2) The simultaneous measurement of widths and stable isotope fractions in tree rings offers the potential to study responses of trees to climatic change. Given the major role of tropical forests in the global carbon cycle, knowing these responses is of high priority.

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Dendroecology in the tropics: a review

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Zuidema

2010

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“…A dendrocronologia (proveniente do grego dendron: madeira, cronos: tempo e logus: (LISI et al, 2008;WORBES, 1999WORBES, , 2002. Atualmente no Brasil já existem inúmeros estudos com diferentes espécies tropicais e subtropicais que constatam anéis de crescimento anual (BOTOSSO; VETTER; TOMAZELLO FILHO, 2000;LISI et al, 2008).…”

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