Detecting long-term growth trends using tree rings: a critical evaluation of methods

Sapling performance along resource gradients drives tree species distributions within and across tropical forests

(2014) F. Sterck et al.   ECOLOGY

Potential of tree-ring analysis in a wet tropical forest: A case study on 22 commercial tree species in Central Africa

(2014) Peter Groenendijk et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The influence of sampling design on tree-ring-based quantification of forest growth

(2014) Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size

(2014) N. L. Stephenson et al.   NATURE

Slow lifelong growth predisposes Populus tremuloides trees to mortality

(2014) Kathryn B. Ireland et al.   OECOLOGIA

Modeling patterns between drought and tree biomass growth from dendrochronological data: A multilevel approach

(2013) W. Lara et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Disturbance History of a Seasonal Tropical Forest in Western Thailand: A Spatial Dendroecological Analysis

(2013) Romaike S. Middendorp et al.   BIOTROPICA

Understanding recruitment failure in tropical tree species: Insights from a tree-ring study

(2013) Mart Vlam et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Growth decline and divergent tree ring isotopic composition (δ13C and δ18O) contradict predictions of CO2stimulation in high altitudinal forests

(2013) Armando Gómez-Guerrero et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Temperature and rainfall strongly drive temporal growth variation in Asian tropical forest trees

(2013) Mart Vlam et al.   OECOLOGIA

Differential Growth Responses to Water Balance of Coexisting Deciduous Tree Species Are Linked to Wood Density in a Bolivian Tropical Dry Forest

(2013) Hooz A. Mendivelso et al.   PLoS One

Tropical forests and global change: filling knowledge gaps

(2013) Pieter A. Zuidema et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Generalized additive mixed models for disentangling long-term trends, local anomalies, and seasonality in fruit tree phenology

(2013) Leo Polansky et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Radial growth change of temperate tree species in response to altered regional climate and air quality in the period 1901–2008

(2012) Vincent Kint et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Detecting evidence for CO2fertilization from tree ring studies: The potential role of sampling biases

(2012) Roel J. W. Brienen et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Climate-diameter growth relationships of black spruce and jack pine trees in boreal Ontario, Canada

(2012) Nirmal Subedi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

CO2fertilization and enhanced drought resistance in Greek firs from Cephalonia Island, Greece

(2012) Athanasios Koutavas   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Unusual Southern Hemisphere tree growth patterns induced by changes in the Southern Annular Mode

(2012) Ricardo Villalba et al.   Nature Geoscience

Detecting trends in tree growth: not so simple

(2012) David M.J.S. Bowman et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Orbital forcing of tree-ring data

(2012) Jan Esper et al.   Nature Climate Change

Statistical modelling and RCS detrending methods provide similar estimates of long-term trend in radial growth of common beech in north-eastern France

(2011) Jean-Daniel Bontemps et al.   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Assessing Tropical Forests' Climatic Sensitivities with Long-term Data

(2010) Deborah A. Clark et al.   BIOTROPICA

Long-term increases in intrinsic water-use efficiency do not lead to increased stem growth in a tropical monsoon forest in western Thailand

(2010) CHARLES A. NOCK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Long tree-ring chronologies reveal 20th century increases in water-use efficiency but no enhancement of tree growth at five Iberian pine forests

(2010) LAIA ANDREU-HAYLES et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Recent Widespread Tree Growth Decline Despite Increasing Atmospheric CO2

(2010) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   PLoS One

Ages and long-term growth patterns of four threatened Vietnamese tree species

(2010) Pieter A. Zuidema et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Changing Ecology of Tropical Forests: Evidence and Drivers

(2009) Simon L. Lewis et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Rising concentrations of atmospheric CO2 have increased growth in natural stands of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

(2009) CHRISTOPHER T. COLE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Trends and uncertainties in Siberian indicators of 20th century warming

(2009) JAN ESPER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tropical tree rings reveal preferential survival of fast-growing juveniles and increased juvenile growth rates over time

(2009) Danaë M. A. Rozendaal et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Recent unprecedented tree-ring growth in bristlecone pine at the highest elevations and possible causes

(2009) M. W. Salzer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Theory-Driven Approach to Tree-Ring Standardization: Defining the Biological Trend from Expected Basal Area Increment

(2009) Franco Biondi et al.   Tree-Ring Research

A “signal-free” approach to dendroclimatic standardisation

(2008) Thomas M. Melvin et al.   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

A dendrochronology program library in R (dplR)

(2008) Andrew G. Bunn   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

Response of tree growth to a changing climate in boreal central Canada: A comparison of empirical, process-based, and hybrid modelling approaches

(2008) Martin P. Girardin et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Twentieth century increase of Scots pine radial growth in NE Spain shows strong climate interactions

(2008) J. MARTÍNEZ-VILALTA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drought-driven growth reduction in old beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests of the central Apennines, Italy

(2008) GIANLUCA PIOVESAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE