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One hundred years of tree-ring research in the tropics – a brief history and an outlook to future challenges
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In more than 20 tropical countries and numerous tree species, the existence of annual tree-rings is doubtless proven as mentioned in this paper, but the influence of the photoperiod is questionable, since the growth is induced by short drought periods or long lasting inundation.About:
This article is published in Dendrochronologia.The article was published on 2002-01-01. It has received 374 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tropics.read more
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Relating tree growth to rainfall in Bolivian rain forests: a test for six species using tree ring analysis
TL;DR: The results of the climate–growth analysis show a positive relationship between tree growth and rainfall in certain periods of the year, indicating that rainfall plays a major role in tree growth.
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Linking plant phenology to conservation biology
Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato,Bruna Alberton,Swanni T. Alvarado,Bruno D. Borges,Elise Buisson,Maria Gabriela Gutierrez Camargo,Leonardo Farage Cancian,Daniel W. Carstensen,Diego Fernando Escobar Escobar,Patrícia T.P. Leite,Irene Mendoza,Nathália Miranda Walter Bretas Rocha,Natalia Costa Soares,Thiago Sanna Freire Silva,Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier,Annia Susin Streher,Betânia da Cunha Vargas,Carlos A. Peres +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the first explicit appraisal of how phenology can make a key contribution to contemporary conservation biology, focusing on shifts in plant phenology induced by global change, their impacts on species diversity and plant-animal interactions in the tropics, and how conservation efforts could be enhanced in relation to plant resource organization.
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Disturbance history and historical stand dynamics of a seasonal tropical forest in western thailand
Patrick J. Baker,Patrick J. Baker,Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin,Chadwick Dearing Oliver,Chadwick Dearing Oliver,Peter S. Ashton +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a combination of direct and indirect methods was used to reconstruct the his- torical disturbance regime and stand development patterns in mature and regenerating seasonal dry evergreen forest (SDEF) in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in western Thailand.
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Dendroecology in the tropics: a review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the advances in tropical dendroecology and proposed 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; and (2) the simultaneous measurement of widths and stable isotope fractions in tree rings offers the potential to study responses of trees to climate change.
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Decadal scale droughts over northwestern Thailand over the past 448 years: links to the tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean sectors
Brendan M. Buckley,Kritsadapan Palakit,Khwanchai Duangsathaporn,Prasong Sanguantham,Patsi Prasomsin +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a 448-year teak chronology from northwestern Thailand is used to assess past changes in the strength of the summer monsoon, based on 30 living trees that extend from 1604 to 2005 and a 47-stump chronology that spans from 1558 to 1903.
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Mortality Rates of 205 Neotropical Tree and Shrub Species and the Impact of a Severe Drought
TL;DR: Predicting how tropical forests will respond to climatic perturbations will require much detailed information from many species, and accurate predictions about how tropical trees will suffer more during an extended drought than generalists are required.
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Tree life history strategies: the role of defenses
TL;DR: Analysis of energy partitioning between defensive investments and growth in woody plants indicates that increasing a tree's life-span should require increased energy investment in protective measures such as thick bark and defensive chemicals, but it is hypothesized that rapid growth can substitute for these defenses, but the consequence is rapid decline upon reaching maturity.
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Annual growth rings, rainfall‐dependent growth and long‐term growth patterns of tropical trees from the Caparo Forest Reserve in Venezuela
TL;DR: Tree-ring analyses and dendrometer measurements were carried out on 37 tree species in a semi-deciduous forest of the Reserva Forestal de Caparo, Venezuela to show the seasonality of cambial growth, and the connection between precipitation patterns and tree-ring curves.
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How to Measure Growth Dynamics in Tropical Trees a Review
TL;DR: Dendrochronological methods applied to carefully prepared samples can serve as proof of the annual periodicity of growth zones and the analysis of stable isotopes in rings of tropical trees promise to provide interesting climatological information.
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Phenology and stem-growth periodicity of tree species in Amazonian floodplain forests
Jochen Schöngart,Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade,Sabine Ludwigshausen,Viviana Horna,Martin Worbes +4 more
TL;DR: Comparison of the phenology and the diameter growth of the corresponding ecotypes in floodplain forest and a semi-deciduous forest in Venezuela shows a displacement of at least 2 mo in the periodicity, except for stem-succulent tree species.