Dendrochronology

Influence of Climate on Oak Savanna Tree Species in the Midwestern United States

Isaac Hayford & Sophan Chhin · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Aims: The previously abundant high quality and open canopy oak savanna communities in the Midwest have been reduced by more than 98% of their pre-settlement (pre-1840) area because of changing land use and represent some of the most threatened ecosystems in North America. Prior k...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1030243

Influence of Climate Variation on Growth of Tropical Tree Species in Western Kenya

Eric T. David, Sophan Chhin & David Skole · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2018

Aims: Growth-climate relationships were examined in 7 tropical tree species growing in the Yala river basin of western Kenya: Acacia mearnsii, Cupressus lusitanica, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalytus saligna, Mangifera indica, and Markhamia lutea. Methodology...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i427186

Differential Impacts of Climate on Tree Rings across a Topographic Gradient

Christopher L. Bouma & Marc D. Abrams · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2017

In 2012 and 2013 annual tree rings were measured in two co-occurring, yet contrasting tree species, the mesic red oak (Quercus rubra) and the more xeric chestnut oak (Quercus montana) across a topographic gradient to access differential impacts of climate and disturbance events....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2017/33378