1. Structure and function of intra–annual density fluctuations: Mind the gaps
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Giovanna eBattipaglia, Filipe eCampelo, Joana eVieira, Michael eGrabner, Veronica eDe Micco, Cristina eNabais, Paolo eCherubini, Marco eCarrer, Achim eBraeuning, Katarina eCufar, Alfredo eDi Filippo, Ignacio eGarcía-González, Marcin eKoprowski, Marcin eKlisz, Alexander V. Kirdyanov, Nikolay eZafirov, Martin eDe Luis, Second University of Naples-Caserta, University of Naples Federico II, Centre de Bio-Archéologie et d'Ecologie (CBAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, University of Coimbra [Portugal] (UC), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TeSAF), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), University of Ljubljana, Università degli studi della Tuscia [Viterbo], Universidade de Santiago de Compostela [Spain] (USC ), Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection [Toruń], Nicolaus Copernicus University [Toruń], Department of Silviculture and Genetics, Forest Research Institute, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), Siberian Federal University (SibFU), Forestry University of Sofia, University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza], University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Botánica, Battipaglia, Giovanna, Campelo, Filipe, Vieira, Joana, Grabner, Michael, DE MICCO, Veronica, Nabais, Cristina, Cherubin, Paolo, Carrer, Marco, Bräuning, Achim, Čufar, Katarina, Di Filippo, Alfredo, García González, Ignacio, Koprowski, Marcin, Klisz, Marcin, Kirdyanov, Alexander V., Zafirov, Nikolay, de Luis, Martin, and De Micco, Veronica
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0106 biological sciences ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,stable isotopes ,Functional impact ,Plant Science ,lcsh:Plant culture ,Biology ,tree-ring ,01 natural sciences ,Extreme weather ,wood anatomy ,IADF ,Dendrochronology ,lcsh:SB1-1110 ,network analysis ,Stable isotopes ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment ,Wood formation ,Wood anatomy ,Ecology ,Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,Network analysi ,[SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics ,15. Life on land ,Stable isotope ,Structure and function ,13. Climate action ,Climatology ,Perspective ,wood formation ,Network analysis ,ddc:500 ,Tree-ring ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Tree rings are natural archives of climate and environmental information with a yearly resolution. Indeed, wood anatomical, chemical, and other properties of tree rings are a synthesis of several intrinsic and external factors, and their interaction during tree growth. In particular, Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations (IADFs) can be considered as tree-ring anomalies that can be used to better understand tree growth and to reconstruct past climate conditions with intra-annual resolution. However, the ecophysiological processes behind IADF formation, as well as their functional impact, remain unclear. Are IADFs resulting from a prompt adjustment to fluctuations in environmental conditions to avoid stressful conditions and/or to take advantage from favorable conditions? In this paper we discuss: (1) the influence of climatic factors on the formation of IADFs; (2) the occurrence of IADFs in different species and environments; (3) the potential of new approaches to study IADFs and identify their triggering factors. Our final aim is to underscore the advantages offered by network analyses of data and the importance of high-resolution measurements to gain insight into IADFs formation processes and their relations with climatic conditions, including extreme weather events. This research is linked to activities conducted within the COST FP1106 “STReESS” network. Collection of datasets used for this work was supported by the projects: – ELENA (CGL2012-31668) and CGL2015-69985-R funded by the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (MICINN) and FEDER funds. – PGIDIT06PXIB502262PR funded by Dirección Xeral de Investigación, Desenvolvemento e Innovación, Xunta de Galicia. – Slovenian Research Agency (program P4-0015). – Austrian Science Fund (FWF-TRP 122-B16). – Russian Science Foundation 14-14-00295. – POCI/CLI/58680/2004 and PTDC/AAC-AMB/111675/2009 funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Union (POCI 2010) SI
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- 2016