<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main objective of the study is to facilitate cross-dating of sensitive tree-ring series from living European beech (<italic>Fagus sylvatica</italic> L.) trees in the absence of a regional chronology. The main idea lies in the preliminary dating of marker rings or ring patterns visually identified on the wood (before the ring-width measurements), which is independently validated through a moving correlation between a tentative reference chronology and instrumental climate records (after the ring-width measurements). Following the detection of low moving correlations, potentially misdated segments or series are re-examined and a new tentative reference chronology is constructed. The process is repeated as long as a higher correlation with climate is obtainable. The applicability of this method was investigated on three difficult-to-date sets of tree-ring series of beech trees which were growing at temperature- or precipitation-sensitive locations in under-canopy or canopy positions. A good ability of the combined method for the cross-dating was practiced on datasets almost impossible to cross-date by commonly used approaches. Highlighting the actual correlation of ring widths with climate in tree-ring series makes the cross-dating process more independent from human decisions, so the com-bined cross-dating has the potential to improve the reliability of various dendrochronological studies.</p></abstract>

The main objective of the study is to facilitate cross-dating of sensitive tree-ring series from living European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees in the absence of a regional chronology. The main idea lies in the preliminary dating of marker rings or ring patterns visually identified on the wood (before the ring-width measurements), which is independently validated through a moving correlation between a tentative reference chronology and instrumental climate records (after the ring-width measurements). Following the detection of low moving correlations, potentially misdated segments or series are re-examined and a new tentative reference chronology is constructed. The process is repeated as long as a higher correlation with climate is obtainable. The applicability of this method was investigated on three difficult-to-date sets of tree-ring series of beech trees which were growing at temperature- or precipitation-sensitive locations in under-canopy or canopy positions. A good ability of the combined method for the cross-dating was practiced on datasets almost impossible to cross-date by commonly used approaches. Highlighting the actual correlation of ring widths with climate in tree-ring series makes the cross-dating process more independent from human decisions, so the com-bined cross-dating has the potential to improve the reliability of various dendrochronological studies.

Cross-dating tree-ring series of living European beech by isochronic weather records

Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Science, Ľudovíta Štúra 2, 960 53 Zvolen,

National Forest Centre, T.G. Masaryka 22, 960 92 Zvolen,

Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen,

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 1176, 165 21 Prague 6 - Suchdol,

Geochronometria

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The main objective of the study is to facilitate cross-dating of sensitive tree-ring series from living European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees in the...

Cross-dating tree-ring series of living European beech by isochronic weather records

Article Category: Research Article

Publié en ligne: 20 mai 2016

Pages: 48 - 58

Reçu: 02 févr. 2015

Accepté: 22 janv. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0030

Mots clés
dating, temperate forests, sensitive tree-ring series, missing rings, dendroecology

© 2016 D. Sedmáková et al

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cross-dating tree-ring series of living European beech by isochronic weather records

Article Category: Research Article

Publié en ligne: 20 mai 2016

Pages: 48 - 58

Reçu: 02 févr. 2015

Accepté: 22 janv. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0030

Mots clésdating, temperate forests, sensitive tree-ring series, missing rings, dendroecology

© 2016 D. Sedmáková et al

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
dating, temperate forests, sensitive tree-ring series, missing rings, dendroecology