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Dendrochronology beyond the Ordinary: Understanding the Wood Formation and Climate Change

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Meteorology and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1912

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Angela Balzano

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Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva ulica 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: wood and phloem formation; intra-annual density fluctuation; functional wood traits; quantitative wood anatomy; drought response; mediterranean ecosystems; scanning electron microscopy
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Dr. Maks Merela

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Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: wood anatomy; properties; wood use; archaeological wood; cultural heritage; rare species; invasive species; innovative products; wood products
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Prof. Dr. Veronica De Micco

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Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università, 100, Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy
Interests: functional anatomical traits; plant hydraulics; quantitative wood anatomy; dendro-sciences; xylogenesis; intra-annual density fluctuations; plant morpho-functional adaptation in natural environments and in crop production; plant adaptation to extreme environments
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Dendrochronology is a powerful tool that allows us to "travel" through time, providing insight into the past through the information stored in the growth rings. These rings encode the history of the world and provide information about ancient climates, environmental changes, and key events. Beyond retrospection, dendrochronology plays a central role in providing functional information to decipher how plant species, especially trees, adapt to environmental changes and predict future ecosystem dynamics in changing environmental scenarios. Xylogenesis, the intricate process of wood formation, is the fundamental substrate that underpins this chronology and gives it precision and authenticity. Through xylogenesis, dendrochronology bridges the temporal divide and provides a deeper scientific understanding of our ever-changing world. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Dendrochronology Beyond the Ordinary: Understanding the Wood Formation and Climate Change”.

The primary purpose of this Special Issue is to gather the necessary fuel, in the form of data, to enhance our efforts in advancing dendrochronology and its applications. These data are not limited to dendrochronology and xylogenesis but also encompass the broader area of anatomical responses of wood to the environment. The multifaceted knowledge that we are collecting will serve as the engine for our time travel and aid our research aiming to advance dendrochronology and its wide-ranging applications.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Angela Balzano
Dr. Maks Merela
Prof. Dr. Veronica De Micco
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • dendrochronology
  • xylogenesis
  • phloem formation
  • wood anatomy
  • functional anatomical traits
  • quantitative wood anatomy
  • trees’ environmental response
  • climate change

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Tree Radial Growth Responses to Climate and Reservoir Impoundment in Valleys in Southwestern China
by Lian Sun, Wangke Ding, Yang Zhou, Jiejun Wang, Xingyue Ouyang, Zijun Fan, Youru Yao and Chonghong Zhang
Forests 2024, 15(5), 749; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15050749 - 25 Apr 2024
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Southwestern China is a critical biodiversity hotspot area, and many large hydroelectric projects have been established in the valleys in the region. Tree growth in the valleys will be affected by both regional climate and reservoir impoundment. However, it remains unknown whether the [...] Read more.
Southwestern China is a critical biodiversity hotspot area, and many large hydroelectric projects have been established in the valleys in the region. Tree growth in the valleys will be affected by both regional climate and reservoir impoundment. However, it remains unknown whether the radial growth of trees in the valleys has a common response pattern to the regional climate, and it is also unclear whether the response of radial growth to reservoir impoundment can be detected. In this study, we developed tree-ring width chronologies of Pinus yunnanensis Franch. collected at 11 sites with vertical and horizontal gradients to three hydroelectric reservoirs in three riverine valleys in southwestern China. We analyzed the radial growth responses to the regional climate from 1986 to 2017 by correlation with instrumental meteorological data. Tree growth responses to reservoir impoundment were investigated through spatial and temporal comparisons using the change in the Euclidean distance and difference test. We also distinguished their responses at tree-ring sites without influenced by reservoir impoundment including two sites in the valleys and seven sites at high elevations. The results showed that the climate conditions in May and the dry season before the growth season significantly limit the radial growth in the valleys, which is different to that at high-elevation areas in southwestern China. Growth variations in the valleys are related to elevations and the trees in similar slopes positions exhibit similar responses. For trees in the low slope positions, both variance and mean values of radial growth are affected by reservoir impoundment. Trees at relatively low sites (i.e., sites M2, R2, L2), rather than the trees close to the reservoirs (i.e., sites M1, R1, L1), respond more sensitively to reservoir impoundment. Full article
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Reconstruction of Seasonal Kinetics in Conifer Radial Growth from Daily Meteorological Conditions, Tree-Ring Width, and Radial Size of Tracheids
by Grigory K. Zelenov, Liliana V. Belokopytova, Elena A. Babushkina, Dina F. Zhirnova, Bao Yang, Xiaomei Peng, Jingjing Liu, Gleb A. Sitnikov and Eugene A. Vaganov
Forests 2024, 15(2), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15020249 - 28 Jan 2024
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The development of the tree ring is a process occurring under limitations caused by a complex of environmental factors and intrinsic regulatory mechanisms. Its understanding is of interest in many scientific fields, but most quantitative models trying to describe its details meet several [...] Read more.
The development of the tree ring is a process occurring under limitations caused by a complex of environmental factors and intrinsic regulatory mechanisms. Its understanding is of interest in many scientific fields, but most quantitative models trying to describe its details meet several issues stemming from the difficulty of its verification. This study attempted to combine several observational and modeling approaches to verify intermediate details of the description of xylogenesis, aiming to restore the tree-ring seasonal growth kinetics on the basis of dendrochronological and wood anatomical data. It was carried out for Scots pine in two semiarid habitats in South Siberia. The Vaganov-Shashkin model was used jointly with tree-ring width chronology and climatic data to model the tree radial growth rate with daily precision. The Band-model was then used to calculate the kinetics of tracheid production from the growth rate and actual final number of cells per radial file in the ring. Seasonal observations of cell population and final measurements of cell sizes were used to fit model parameters and verify the numbers of developing tracheids produced by the Band-model. The patterns of modeled seasonal kinetics for six seasons and two sites were found to repeat the actual drought-derived deviations in tree growth and observations (R2 = 0.70–0.84). Further research is required to test other climatic limitations and species-specific ecophysiological mechanisms of growth regulation. Full article
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