Climate variability and recurrent droughts have caused remarkable strain on water
resources in most regions across the globe, with the arid and semi-arid areas being the …

Tree-ring studies provide important contributions to understanding the climate sensitivity of
tropical trees and the effects of global change on tropical forests. This chapter reviews recent …

Intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs) in tree rings are generally considered structural
anomalies caused by deviations from the “normal course” of xylogenesis during the growing …

Implementing sustainable forest management requires basic information on growth, ages,
reproduction and survival of exploited tree species. This information is generally derived …

Wood anatomical features may be visible on the microscopic as well as on the macroscopic
scale. While the former can often be quantified by detailed wood anatomical analyses, the …

From its inception as a scientific discipline, tree-ring research has been used as a trans-
disciplinary tool for dating and environmental reconstruction. Tree-ring chronologies in some …

Disturbances play an important role in forest dynamics. The determination of long-term
spatiotemporal characteristics of disturbance regimes is essential for understanding forest …

Arctic ecosystems are important carbon sinks. Increasing temperatures in these regions
might stimulate soil carbon release. Evidence suggests that deciduous shrubs might …

Highlights•Trees in Africa may form annual rings and grow to multicentury
age.•Dendroecology helps to reconstruct climate trends and atmospheric circulation …

Abstract Pastoralist households across East Africa face major livestock losses during
drought periods that can cause persistent poverty. For Kenya and southern Ethiopia, an …