Dendroecology in the tropics: a review

DMA Rozendaal, PA Zuidema - Trees, 2011 - Springer
Over the last decade the field of tropical dendroecology has developed rapidly and major
achievements have been made. We reviewed the advances in three main themes within the …

[HTML][HTML] Tropical and subtropical dendrochronology: Approaches, applications, and prospects

A Quesada-Román, JA Ballesteros-Cánovas… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tropical and subtropical forests cover only 7% of the Earth's land surface. Yet, they host
nearly half of global tree density with a high species number (∼ 40,000 species), store up to …

Recent summer precipitation trends in the Greater Horn of Africa and the emerging role of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature

AP Williams, C Funk, J Michaelsen, SA Rauscher… - Climate dynamics, 2012 - Springer
We utilize a variety of climate datasets to examine impacts of two mechanisms on
precipitation in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) during northern-hemisphere summer. First …

Multi‐century tree‐ring precipitation record reveals increasing frequency of extreme dry events in the upper Blue Nile River catchment

M Mokria, A Gebrekirstos, A Abiyu… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐related environmental and humanitarian crisis are important challenges in the
Great Horn of Africa (GHA). In the absence of long‐term past climate records in the region …

Dendrochronology in the dry tropics: the Ethiopian case

THG Wils, UGW Sass-Klaassen, Z Eshetu, A Bräuning… - Trees, 2011 - Springer
Dendrochronology is developing outside temperate and boreal regions. Over the past
decade substantial progress has been made in Mediterranean and wet tropical regions …

Growth-ring boundary anatomy and dendrochronological potential in a moist tropical forest in Northeastern Bangladesh

M Islam, M Rahman, A Bräuning - Tree-ring research, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
We present the microscopic analysis of growth-ring boundary anatomy of 27 tree species
from a moist tropical forest in Bangladesh and evaluate their dendrochronological potential …

Tree-ring record in Ethiopian church forests reveals successive generation differences in growth rates and disturbance events

A Abiyu, M Mokria, A Gebrekirstos… - Forest Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Forests provide fundamental ecosystem services. Environmental changes are predicted to
affect forest growth directly through increased environmental stressors, and indirectly by …

Climatic Signals in Tree Rings of Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham. in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh

MQ Chowdhury, M De Ridder, H Beeckman - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Mangroves occur along the coastlines throughout the tropics and sub-tropics, supporting a
wide variety of resources and services. In order to understand the responses of future …

Did the late spring frost in 2007 and 2011 affect tree-ring width and earlywood vessel size in Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) in northern Poland?

R Puchałka, M Koprowski, J Przybylak… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Trees are sensitive to extreme weather and environmental conditions. This sensitivity is
visible in tree-ring widths and cell structure. In our study, we hypothesized that the sudden …

The frankincense tree Boswellia neglecta reveals high potential for restoration of woodlands in the Horn of Africa

M Mokria, M Tolera, FJ Sterck, A Gebrekirstos… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Boswellia neglecta S. Moore is a frankincense-producing tree species dominantly found in
the dry woodlands of southeastern Ethiopia. Currently, the population of this socio …