Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Eugene A. Vaganov ,
Malcolm K. Hughes ,
Alexander V. Shashkin
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Volume: 183
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.569kg
ISBN: 9783642065477
ISBN 10: 3642065473
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 12 February 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
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 beschrankt 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 Erklarungen fur die Zusammenhange 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 fur Geologie und Palaontologie Teil II, 2007, Issue 5-6)
