KUNZ, Marcel, Jan ESPER, Eileen KUHL, Lea SCHNEIDER, Ulf BÜNTGEN and Claudia HARTL. Combining Tree-Ring Width and Density to Separate the Effects of Climate Variation and Insect Defoliation. Forests. MDPI, 2023, vol. 14, No 7, p. 1-15. ISSN 1999-4907. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14071478. |
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@article{2301729, author = {Kunz, Marcel and Esper, Jan and Kuhl, Eileen and Schneider, Lea and Büntgen, Ulf and Hartl, Claudia}, article_number = {7}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14071478}, keywords = {climate change; dendrochronology; European Alps; global change ecology; insect outbreaks; tree rings; extreme event detection}, language = {eng}, issn = {1999-4907}, journal = {Forests}, title = {Combining Tree-Ring Width and Density to Separate the Effects of Climate Variation and Insect Defoliation}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071478}, volume = {14}, year = {2023} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2301729 AU - Kunz, Marcel - Esper, Jan - Kuhl, Eileen - Schneider, Lea - Büntgen, Ulf - Hartl, Claudia PY - 2023 TI - Combining Tree-Ring Width and Density to Separate the Effects of Climate Variation and Insect Defoliation JF - Forests VL - 14 IS - 7 SP - 1-15 EP - 1-15 PB - MDPI SN - 19994907 KW - climate change KW - dendrochronology KW - European Alps KW - global change ecology KW - insect outbreaks KW - tree rings KW - extreme event detection UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071478 N2 - Though frequently used in dendroclimatology, European larch (Larix decidua Mill.) is regularly defoliated by mass outbreaks of the larch budmoth (Zeiraphera griseana Hb., LBM). The near-cyclic growth depressions are unrelated to but possibly coincide with cold summers, which challenges signal detection on interannual timescales. LBM defoliation events cause sharp maximum latewood density declines and irregular earlywood/latewood ratios in the outbreak year, followed by one or two anomalously narrow rings. Here, we present a process-based method integrating these diverse response patterns to identify and distinguish LBM-related signals from climate-induced deviations. Application to larch sites along elevational transects in the Swiss Alps reveals the algorithm to perform better than existing extreme event detection methods, though our approach enables additional differentiation between insect- and climate-induced signatures. The new process-based multi-parameter algorithm is a suitable tool to identify different causes of growth disturbances and will therefore help to improve both tree-ring-based climate and insect defoliation reconstructions. ER -
KUNZ, Marcel, Jan ESPER, Eileen KUHL, Lea SCHNEIDER, Ulf BÜNTGEN and Claudia HARTL. Combining Tree-Ring Width and Density to Separate the Effects of Climate Variation and Insect Defoliation. \textit{Forests}. MDPI, 2023, vol.~14, No~7, p.~1-15. ISSN~1999-4907. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14071478.
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