Eugene A. Vaganov, Malcolm K. Hughes, Alexander V. Shashkin

Growth Dynamics of Conifer Tree Rings

Images of Past and Future Environments

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Each tree ring contains an image of the time when the ring formed, projected onto the ring's size, structure, and composition. Tree rings thus are natural archives of past environments, and contain records of past climate. While dendrochronologists have investigated the impact of climate on tree-ring growth by empirical-statistical methods, this volume presents a process-based model complementing previous approaches. Basic ideas concerning the biology of tree-ring growth and its control by environmental factors are treated, especially for conifers. The use of the model is illustrated by means of several examples from widely differing environments, and possible future directions for model development and application are discussed. The volume provides an improved mechanistic basis for the interpretation of tree rings as records of past climate. It advances process understanding of the large-scale environmental control of wood growth. As forests are the main carbon sink on land,the results are of great importance for all global change studies.

Produktdetails

• Ecological Studies 183
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-06547-7
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9783642065477
• ISBN-10: 3642065473
• Artikelnr.: 32070236

Inhaltsangabe

and Factors Influencing the Seasonal Growth of Trees.- Tree-Ring Structure in Conifers as an Image of Growth Conditions.- Seasonal Cambium Activity and Production of New Xylem Cells.- Radial Cell Enlargement.- Cell Wall Thickening.- Environmental Control of Xylem Differentiation.- Modeling External Influence on Xylem Development.- Simulation of Tree-Ring Growth Dynamics in Varying and Changing Climates.- Eco-Physiological Modeling of Tree-Ring Growth.- Epilogue.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This volume links conifer tree physiology and ecology with computerized simulations to analyze environmental data stored in tree rings. ... This volume will be important and stimulating for experts who practice dendrochronology or wood formation, ecologists of boreal forest, and graduate students ... . This book will interest modelers and forest ecologists who wish to learn more about tree-growth modeling." (Paolo Cherubini and Simcha Lev-Yadun, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 83 (1), March, 2008)

Aus den Rezensionen: "... Im Gegensatz zu vielen dendrochronologischen Werken beschränkt sich das Buch nicht nur auf empirisch-statistische Methoden, um den Einfluss von Klima- und Umweltfaktoren auf die Zuwachszonen von speziell [sic] Koniferen zu interpretieren. Vielmehr versuchen die Autoren, vor allem prozess-basierte Erklärungen für die Zusammenhänge zwischen Klima bzw. Umwelt und Zuwachszonen zu liefern. ... Alles in allem gibt das Werk einen sehr guten Einblick in den aktuellen Kenntnisstand der behandelten Thematik und kann sowohl als Lehrbuch als auch als Nachschlagewerk Verwendung finden ..." (D. Uhl, in: Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie Teil II, 2007, Issue 5-6)