Response of Pinus sylvestris roots to sheet-erosion exposure: An anatomical approach

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-231

  Rubiales, J M ^a   Bodoque, J M ^b   Ballesteros, J A ^c   Diez Herrero, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENUDATION; GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; ROOT; SHEET EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 41249102206     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-223-2008     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Alestalo, J.: Dendrochronological interpretation of geomorphic processes, Fennia, 105, 1-140, 1971.
2. Antonova, G. F. and Stasova, V. V.: Effects of environmental factors on wood formation in Scots pine stems, Trees, 7, 214-219, 1993.
3. Antonova, G. F. and Stasova, V. V.: Effects of environmental factors on wood formation in larch (Larix sibirica Ldb.) stems, Trees, 11, 462-468, 1997.
4. Benito, G., Gutiérrez, M., and Sancho, C.: Erosion rates in badlands areas of the central Ebro Basin (NE-Spain), Catena, 19, 269-286, 1992.
5. Bodoque, J. M., Diez, A., Martín-Duque, J., Gómez, M., Godfrey, A., Pedraza, J., Carrasco, R. M., and Sanz, M. A.: Determinación de tasas de erosion utilizando métodos dendrocronológicos en raíces expuestas. Dos ejemplos en la vertiente septentrional de la Sierra de Guadarrama, Estudios recientes (2000-2002) en Geomorfología, Patrimonio, montaña y dinámica territorial, Dpto. Geografía-UVA. Valladolid, 167-182, 2002.
6. Bodoque, J. M., Díez-Herrero, A., Martín-Duque, J. F., Rubiales, J. M., Godfrey, A., Pedraza, J., Carrasco, R. M., and Sanz, M. A.: Sheet erosion rates determined by using dendrogeomorphological analysis of exposed tree roots: two examples from Central Spain, Catena, 64, 81-102, 2005.
7. Carrara, P. E. and Carroll, T. R.: The determination of erosion rates from exposed tree roots in the Piceance Basin, Colorado, Earth Surf. Processes, 4, 307-317, 1979.
8. Cole, D. N.: Resource impacts caused by recreation. In: A Literature Review: The President's Commission on Americans Outdoors, The President's Commission on Americans Outdoors: Management, Washington, D.C., 1-11, 1986.
9. Danzer, S. R.: Rates of slope erosion determined from exposed roots of ponderosa pine at Rose Canyon Lake, Arizona, in: Tree Rings, Environment, and Humanity. Radiocarbon 1996, edited by: Dean, J., Meko, D. M., and Sewtnam, T W., Proceedings of the International Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, 671-678, 1996.
10. Desir, G. and Marín, C.: Factors controlling the erosion rates in a semiarid zone (Bardenas Reales, NE Spain), Catena, 71, 31-40, 2007.
11. Dixon, G., Hawes, M., and McPherson, G.: Monitoring and modelling walking track impacts in the Tasmanian Wilderness World
12. Heritage Area, Australia, J. Environ. Manage., 71, 305-320, 2004.
13. Eardley, A. J. and Viavant, W.: Rates of denudation as measured by Bristlecone Pines, Special Studies, Vol. 21, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey, Cedar Breaks, Utah, 1967.
14. Fayle, D. F. C.: Radial Growth in Tree Roots - Distribution, Timing, Anatomy, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Technical Report No. 9, Toronto, 1968.
15. Gärtner, H., Schweingruber, F H., and Dikau, R.: Determination of erosion rates by analyzing structural changes in the growth pattern of exposed roots, Dendrochronologia, 19, 81-91, 2001.
16. Gärtner, H.: The applicability of roots in Dendrogeomorphology, in: TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Vol. 1, edited by: Schleser, G., Winiger, M., Bräuning, A., Gärtner, H., Helle, G., Jansma, E., Neuwirth, B., and K. Treydte, 120-124, 2003.
17. Gärtner, H.: Tree roots. Methodological review and new development in dating and quantifying erosive processes, Geomorphology, 86, 243-251, 2007.
18. Hillis, W. E.: Heartwood and tree exudates, Springer, Berlin, 1987.
19. Hitz, O. M., Gärtner, H., Heinrich, I., and Monbaron, M.: Application of ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) roots to determine erosion rates in mountain torrents, Catena, 72, 248-258, 2008.
20. LaMarche Jr., V. C.: Origin and geologic significance of buttress roots of bristlecone pines, White Mountains, California, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 475C, C149-C150, 1963.
21. LaMarche Jr., V. C.: Rates of slope degradation as determined from botanical evidence, White Mountains, California, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 32-1, 341-377, 1968.
22. Leung, Y.-F. and Marion, J. L.: The influence of sampling interval on the accuracy of trail impact assessment, Landscape Urban Plan., 43,167-179, 1999.
23. Leung, Y.-F. and Marion, J. L.: Recreation impacts and management in wilderness: a state-of-knowledge review, in: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference, Vol. 5, Wilderness Ecosystems, Threats and Management, edited by: Cole, D. N., McCool, S. F., Borrie, W. T., William, T., and O'Loughlin, J., Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT, 23-48, 2000.
24. McAuliffe, J. R., Scuderi, L. A., and McFadden, L. D.: Tree-ring record of hillslope erosion and valley floor dynamics: Landscape responses to climate variation during the last 400 yr in the Colorado Plateau, northeastern Arizona, Global Planet. Change, 50(3-4), 184-201, 2006.
25. McCord, V. A. S.: Late Holocene sediment yield and transport in a northern Arizona drainage basin reconstructed by tree-ring analysis, in: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-ring Analysis, August 17-21, 1986, Tarrytown, New York, edited by: Jacoby Jr., G. C. and Hornbeck, J. W., U.S. Department of Energy, Publication CONF-8608144, 213-223, 1987.
26. Morgan, R. P. C., Quinton, J. N., Smith, R. E., Govers, G., Poesen, J. W. A., Auerswald, K., Chisci, G., Torri, D., and Styczen, M. E.: The European soil erosion model (EUROSEM): a dynamic approach for predicting sediment transport from fields and small catchments, Earth Surf. Processes, 23, 527-544, 1998.
27. Parsons, A. J., Wainwright, J., Mark Powell, D., Kaduk, J., and Brazier, R. E.: A conceptual for determining soil erosion by water, Earth Surf. Processes, 29(10), 1293-1302, 2004.
28. Pearce, R. B.: Tansley Review No. 87, Antimicrobial Defences in the Wood of Living Trees, New Phytol., 132, 2, 203-233, 1996.
29. Pelfini, M. and Santilli, M.: Dendrogeomorphological analyses on exposed roots along two mountain hiking trails in the Central Italian Alps, Geogr. Ann. A, 88A(3), 223-236, 2006.
30. Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Marques, M. J., and Bienes, R.: Use of dendrochronological method in Pinus halepensis to stimate the soil erosion in the South East of Madrid (Spain), Sci. Total Environ., 378, 156-160, 2007.
31. Pitterman, J. and Sperry, J.: Tracheid diameter is the key trait determining the extent of freezing-induced embolism in conifers, Tree Physiol., 23, 907-914, 2003
32. Rigling, A., Brülhardt, H., Bräker, O. U., Forster, T., and Schweingruber, F. H.: Irrigation effect on tree growth and vertical resin duct production of Pinus sylvestris L. on dry sites in the Central Alps, Switzerland, Forest Ecol. Manage., 175, 285-296, 2003.
33. Schweingruber, F. H.: Anatomie Europäischer Hölzer, Haupt, Bern. 1990.
34. Sahling, I., Schmidt, K. H., and Gärtner, H.: Dendrogeomorphological analysis of the enlargement of cracks at the Wellenkalkscarp in the southern Thuringia Basin, in: TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Vol. 1, edited by: Schleser, G., Winiger, M.,Bräuning, A., Gärtner, H., Helle, G., Jansma, E., Neuwirth, B., and Treydte, K., Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 125-130, 2003.
35. Sirvent, J., Desir, G., Gutierrez, M., Sancho, C., and Benito, G.: Erosion rates in badlands areas recorded by collectors, erosion pins and profilometer techniques (Ebro Basin, NE-Spain), Geomorphology, 18(2), 61-75, 1997.
36. Stoffel, M.: Dating past geomorphic processes with tangential rows of traumatic resin ducts, Dendrochronologia, in press, 2008.
37. Strossnijder, L.: Measurement of erosion: Is it possible?, Catena, 64, 162-173, 2005.
38. Toy, T J., Foster, G. R., and Renard, K. G.: Soil erosion: Processes, prediction, measurement, and Control, Wiley, New York, 2002.
39. Willson, C. J. and Jackson, R. B.: Xylem cavitation caused by drought and freezing stress in four co-occurring Juniperus species, Physiol. Plantarum 127(3), 374-382, 2006.
40. Wischmeier, H. and Smith, D. D.: Predicting rainfall erosion losses, Agriculture Handbook No. 537, USDA Science and Education Administration, 1978.