Climatic signals in tree-rings of Araucaria angustifolia in the southern Brazilian highlands

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-147

  Oliveira, Juliano Morales ^a   Roig, Fidel Alejandro ^b   Pillar, Valério Depatta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Campos grassland; Dendrochronology; Fire; Partial rings

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE SIGNAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; TIME SERIES; TREE RING; UPLAND REGION;

BRAZIL;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ARAUCARIACEAE;

EID: 77954248359     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02018.x     Document Type: Article

References (102)

1. Aceituno P. On the functioning of the southern Oscillation in the south American sector. Mon. Weather Rev 1988, 116:505-24.
2. Alves E S, Angyalossy-Alfonso V. Ecological trends in the wood anatomy of some Brazilian species. 1. Growth rings and vessels. IAWA J 2000, 21:3-30.
3. Ash J. Growth rings in Agathis robusta and Araucaria cunninghamii from tropical Australia. Aust. J. Bot 1983, 31:269-75.
4. Backes A. Condicionamento climático e distribuição geográfica de Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) O. Kuntze no Brasil - II. Pesqui. Bot 1999, 49:31-51.
5. Behling H. South and southeast Brazilian grassland during Late Quaternary times: a synthesis. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol 2002, 177:19-27.
6. Behling H, Pillar V D. Late Quaternary vegetation, biodiversity and fire dynamics on the southern Brazilian highland and their implication for conservation and management of modern Araucaria forest and grassland ecosystems. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B 2007, 362:243-51.
7. Behling H, Pillar V D, Orlóci L, Bauermann S G. Late Quaternary Araucaria forest, grassland (Campos), fire and climate dynamics, studied by high-resolution pollen, charcoal and multivariate analysis of the Cambará do Sul core in southern Brazil. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol 2004, 203:277-97.
8. Bergin D O. Current knowledge relevant to management of Podocarpus totara for timber. N. Z. J. Bot 2000, 38:343-59.
9. Bhattacharyya A, Yadav R R. Climatic reconstructions using tree-ring data from tropical and temperate regions of India - a review. IAWA J 1999, 20:311-16.
10. Biondi F. A 400-year tree-ring chronology from the tropical treeline of North America. Ambio 2001, 30:162-6.
11. Boninsegna J A, Villalba R, Amarilla L, Ocampo J. Studies on tree rings, growth rates and age-size relationships of tropical tree species in Misiones, Argentina. IAWA Bull 1989, 10:161-9.
12. Borchert R. Climatic periodicity, phenology, and cambium activity in tropical dry forest trees. IAWA J 1999, 20:239-47.
13. Boswijk G, Fowler A, Lorrey A, Palmer J, Ogden J. Extension of the New Zealand kaury (Agathis australis) chronology to 1724 BC. Holocene 2006, 16:188-99.
14. Brienen R J W, Zuidema P A. Relating tree growth to rainfall in Bolivian rain forests: a test for six species using tree ring analysis. Oecologia 2005, 146:1-12.
15. Brienen R J W, Zuidema P A. Lifetime growth patterns and ages of Bolivian rain forest trees obtained by tree ring analysis. J. Ecol 2006, 94:481-93.
16. Buckley B, Odgen J, Palmer J, Fowler A, Salinger J. Dendroclimatic interpretation of tree-rings in Agathis australis (kauri). 1. Climate correlation functions and master chronology. J. R. Soc. N. Z 2000, 30:263-76.
17. Callado C H, Neto S J S, Scarano F R, Costa C G. Periodicity of growth rings in some flood-prone trees of Atlantic Rain Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Trees 2001, 15:492-7.
18. Carrer M, Urbinati C. Long-term change in the sensitivity of tree-ring growth to climate forcing in Larix decidua. New Phytol 2006, 170:861-72.
19. Carvalho P E R. Espécies Arbóreas Brasileiras 2003, Embrapa Informação Tecnológica, Brasília
20. Casarin D P, Kousky V E. Anomalias de precipitação no sul do Brasil e variações na circulação atmosférica. Rev. Bras. Meteorol 1986, 1:83-90.
21. Cherubini P, Gartner B L, Tognetti R, Bräker O U, Schoch W, Innes J L. Identification, measurement and interpretation of tree rings in woody species from Mediterranean climates. Biol. Rev 2003, 78:199-48.
22. Cook E R. A time series analysis approach to tree-ring standardization. (PhD Thesis) 1985, University of Arizona, Tucson
23. Cook E R, Kairiukstis L A. Methods of Dendrochronology. Applications in the Environmental Science 1990, Kluwer, Amsterdam
24. Cook E R, Krusic P J. Program ARSTAN. A Tree-Ring Standardization Program Based on Detrending and Autoregressive Time Series Modeling, with Interactive Graphics 2005, http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu, Tree-Ring Laboratory, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, Cited June 2007.] Available from URL:
25. Diaz A, Aceituno P. Atmospheric circulation anomalies during episodes of enhanced and reduced convective cloudiness over Uruguay. J. Clim 2003, 16:3171-85.
26. Duarte L S, Dos-Santos M M G, Hartz S M, Pillar V D. Role of nurse plants in Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland in south Brazil. Aust. Ecol 2006a, 31:520-8.
27. Duarte L S, Machado R E, Hartz S M, Pillar V D. What saplings can tell us about forest expansion over natural grasslands. J.Veg. Sci 2006b, 17:799-808.
28. Dunwiddie P. Dendrochronological studies of indigenous New Zealand trees. N. Z. J. Bot 1979, 17:251-66.
29. Díaz S C, Therrell M D, Stahle D W, Cleaveland M K. Chihuahua (Mexico) winter-spring precipitation reconstructed from tree-rings, 1647-1992. Clim. Res 2002, 22:237-44.
30. Détienne P. Appearance and periodicity of growth rings in some tropical woods. IAWA Bull 1989, 10:123-32.
31. Dünisch O. Influence of the El-niño southern oscillation on cambial growth of Cedrela fissilis Vell. in tropical and subtropical Brazil. J. Appl. Bot. Food Qual 2005, 79:5-11.
32. Dünisch O, Ribeiro V, Montóia R, Bauch J. Dendroecological investigations on Swietenia macrophylla King and Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae) in the central Amazon. Trees 2003, 17:244-50.
33. February E C, Stock W D. An assessment of the dendrochronological potential of two Podocarpus species. Holocene 1998, 8:747-50.
34. Filippo A D, Biondi F, Cufar K. Bioclimatology of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Eastern Alps: spatial and altitudinal climatic signals identified through a tree-ring network. J. Biogeogr 2007, 34:1873-92.
35. Fontana D C, Berlato M A. El Niño e La Niña: Impactos no Clima, na Vegetação e na Agricultura do Rio Grande do Sul; Aplicações de Previsões Climáticas na Agricultura 2003, Editora da UFRGS, Porto Alegre
36. Fowler A, Palmer J, Salinger J, Odgen J. Dendroclimatic interpretation of tree-rings in Agathis australis (kauri). 2. Evidence of a significant relationship with ENSO. J. R. Soc. N. Z 2000, 30:277-92.
37. Frank D, Esper J. Characterization and climate response patterns of a high-elevation, multi-species tree-ring network in the European Alps. Dendrochronologia 2005, 22:107-21.
38. Fritts H C. Tree Rings and Climate 1976, Academic Press, London
39. Fritts H C, Shatz D J. Selecting and characterizing tree-ring chronologies for dendroclimatic analysis. Tree-ring Bull 1975, 35:31-40.
40. Grau H R, Easdale T A, Paolini L. Subtropical dendroecology - dating disturbances and forest dynamics in northwestern Argentina mountain ecosystems. For. Ecol. Manage 2003, 177:131-43.
41. Grimm A M, Barros V R, Doyle M E. Climate variability in southern South America associated with El Niño and La Niña events. J. Clim 2000, 13:35-58.
42. Heady R D, Banks J G, Evans P D. Wood anatomy of wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis, Araucariaceae). IAWA J 2002, 23:339-57.
43. Heringer I, Jacques A V A. Adaptações das plantas ao fogo: enfoque na transição floresta-campo. Cienc. Rural 2001, 31:1085-90.
44. Holmes L R. Computer-assisted quality control in tree-ring dating and measurement. Tree-ring Bull 1983, 43:69-78.
45. Hueck K. As Florestas da América do Sul 1972, Editora da Universidade de Brasília, Brasília
46. Innes J L, Schneiter G, Waldner P, Bräker O U. Latitudinal variations in tree growth in southern Chile. Dendrocronología em América Latina 2000, 177-92. Roig F A, ed., EDIUNC, Mendoza
47. Jarenkow J A, Baptista L R M. Composição florística e estrutura da mata com araucária na Estação Ecológica de Aracuri, Esmeralda, Rio Grande do Sul. Napaea 1987, 3:9-18.
48. Klein R M. O aspecto dinâmico do pinheiro brasileiro. Sellowia 1960, 12:17-51.
49. Klein R M. Southern Brazilian phytogeographic features and the probable influence of upper Quaternary climatic changes in the floristic distribution. Bol. Paranaense Geocienc 1975, 33:67-88.
50. Kozlowski T T. Growth and Development of Trees 1971, Vol. II, Academic Press, New York and London
51. Kozlowski T T, Pallardy S G. Growth Control in Woody Plants 1997, Academic Press, San Diego
52. Lara A, Villalba R, Aravena J C, Wolodarsky A, Neira E. Desarrollo de una red de cronologías de Fitzroya cupressoides (Alerce) para Chile y Argentina. Dendrocronología em América Latina 2000, 217-44. Roig F A, ed., EDIUNC, Mendoza
53. Larson P R. The Vascular Cambium 1994, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
54. Lisi C S, Pessenda L C R, Tomazello-Filho M, Rozanski K. 14C Bomb effect in tree rings of tropical and subtropical species of Brazil. Tree-Ring Res 2001, 57:191-6.
55. Lisi C S, Tomazello-Filho M, Botosso P C. Tree-ring formation, radial increment periodicity, and phenology of tree species from a seasonal semi-deciduous forest in southeast Brazil. IAWA J 2008, 29:189-207.
56. Lorimer C G, Dahir S E, Singer M T. Frequency of partial and missing rings in Acer saccharum in relation to canopy position and growth rate. Plant Ecol 1999, 143:189-202.
57. Manly B F J. Randomization and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology 1991, Chapman and Hall, London
58. Mariaux A. Past efforts in measuring age and annual growth in tropical trees. Age and Growth Rate of Tropical Trees: New Directions for Research 1981, 20-30. Borman F HBerlyn G. eds, Yale University, New Haven, CT
59. Martin P H, Fahey T J. Fire history along environmental gradients in the subtropical pine forests of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. J. Trop. Ecol 2006, 22:289-302.
60. Montecinos A, Díaz A, Aceituno P. Seasonal diagnostic and predictability of rainfall in subtropical South America based on tropical Pacific SST. J. Clim 2000, 13:746-58.
61. Morales M S, Villalba R, Grau H R, Paolini L. Rainfall-controlled tree growth in high-elevation subtropical treelines. Ecology 2004, 85:3080-9.
62. Mósena M, Dillenburg L R. Early growth of Brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia[Bertol.] Kuntze) in response to soil compactation and drought. Plant Soil 2004, 258:293-306.
63. Nimer E. Climatologia do Brasil 1989, 2nd, edn., IBGE, Rio de Janeiro
64. Nogués-Paegle J, Mo K C. Alternating wet and dry conditions over South America during summer. Mon. Weather Rev 1997, 125:279-91.
65. Norton D A, Palmer J G, Ogden J. Dendrochronological studies in New Zealand. 1. An evaluation of tree age estimates based on increment cores. N. Z. J. Bot 1987, 25:373-83.
66. Ogden J. Dendrochronological studies and the determination of tree ages in the Australian tropics. J. Biogeogr 1981, 8:405-20.
67. Oliveira J M. Padrões e processos vegetacionais em ecótonos de campos e floresta com araucária. Ecossistemas Brasileiros: Manejo E Conservação 2003, 383-91. Claudino-Salles V. ed., Expressão Gráfica, Fortaleza
68. Oliveira J M, Pillar V D. Vegetation dynamics on mosaics of Campos and Araucaria forest between 1974 and 1999 in southern Brazil. Community Ecol 2004, 5:197-202.
69. Oliveira J M, Santarosa E, Pillar V D, Roig F A. Seasonal cambium activity in the subtropical rain forest tree Araucaria angustifolia. Trees 2009, 23:107-15.
70. Pillar V D. Dinâmica da expansão florestal em mosaicos de floresta e campos no sul do Brasil. Ecossistemas Brasileiros: Manejo e Conservação 2003, 209-16. Claudino-Salles V. ed., Expressão Gráfica, Fortaleza
71. Pillar V D. MULTIV. Multivariate Exploratory Analysis, Randomization Testing and Bootstrap Resampling 2006, http://ecoqua.ecologia.ufrgs.br, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Cited June 2007.] Available from URL:
72. Pillar V D, Quadros F L F. Grassland-forest boundaries in southern Brazil. Coenoses 1997, 12:119-26.
73. Ram S, Borgaonkar H P, Sikder A B. Tree-ring analysis of teak (Tectona grandis L.F.) in central India and its relationship with rainfall and moisture index. J. Earth Syst. Sci 2008, 117:637-45.
74. Rambo B. O elemento andino no pinhal riograndense. A. Bot. Herb. Rodrigues 1951, 3:7-39.
75. Rambo B. História da flora do planalto riograndense. A. Bot. Herb. Rodrigues 1953, 5:185-232.
76. Rambo B. A flora fanerogâmica dos aparados riograndenses. Sellowia 1956a, 7:235-98.
77. Rambo B. A Fisonomia do Rio Grande do Sul. Ensaio de Monografia Natural 1956b, Livraria Selbach, Porto Alegre
78. Rigling A, Braker O, Schneiter G, Schweingruber F. Intraannual tree-ring parameters indicating differences in drought stress of Pinus sylvestris forests within the Erico-Pinion in the Valais (Switzerland). Plant Ecol 2002, 163:105-21.
79. Roig F A. Dendrocronología en los bosques del Neotrópico: revisión y prospección futura. Dendrocronología em América Latina 2000, 307-55. Roig F A. ed., EDIUNC, Mendoza
80. Roig F A, Osornio J J J, Diaz J V. Anatomy of growth rings at the Yucatan Peninsula. Dendrochronologia 2005, 22:187-93.
81. Schulman E. Dendroclimatic Change in Semiarid America 1956, University of Arizona Press, Tucson
82. Schweingruber F H. Tree Rings and Environment: Dendroecology 1996, Hall Haupt Publishers, Berne and Stuttgart
83. Seitz R A, Kanninen M. Tree ring analysis of Araucaria angustifolia in Southern Brazil: preliminary results. IAWA Bull 1989, 10:170-4.
84. Shah S K, Bhattacharyyaa A, Chaudhary V. Reconstruction of June-September precipitation based on tree-ring data of teak (Tectona grandis L.) from Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India. Dendrochronologia 2007, 25:57-64.
85. Souza A F. Ecological interpretation of multiple population size structures in trees: the case of Araucaria angustifolia in South America. Aust. Ecol 2007, 32:524-33.
86. Speer J H, Orvis K H, Grissino-Mayer H D, Kennedy L M, Horn S P. Assessing the dendrochronological potential of Pinus occidentalis Swartz in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic. Holocene 2004, 14:563-9.
87. Stahle D W. Useful strategies for the development of tropical tree-ring chronologies. IAWA J 1999, 20:249-53.
88. Stahle D W, Mushove P T, Cleaveland M K, Roig F, Haynes G A. Management implications of annual growth rings in Pterocarpus angolensis from Zimbabwe. For. Ecol. Manage 1999, 124:217-29.
89. Stokes M A, Smiley T L. An Introduction to Tree-ring Dating 1968, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London
90. Szeicz J M, Lara A, Díaz S, Aravena J C. Dendrochronological studies of Pilgerodendron uviferum in southwestern South America. Dendrocronología em América Latina 2000, 245-70. Roig F A, ed., EDIUNC, Mendoza
91. Vaganov E A, Hughes M K, Shashkin A V. Growth Dynamics of Conifer Tree Rings. Images of Past and Future Environments 2006, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg
92. Veloso H P, Rangel-Filho A L R, Lima J C A. Classificação da Vegetação Brasileira Adaptada a um Sistema Universal 1991, IBGE, Rio de Janeiro
93. Vieira J, Campelo F, Nabais C. Age-dependent responses of tree-ring growth and intra-annual density fluctuations of Pinus pinaster to Mediterranean climate. Trees 2009, 23:257-65.
94. Villalba R, Veblen T. Spatial and temporal variation in Austrocedrus growth along the forest-steppe ecotone in northern Patagonia. Can. J. For. Res 1997, 27:580-97.
95. Villalba R, Boninsegna J A, Cobos D. A Tree-ring Reconstruction of Summer Temperature between A.D. 1500 and 1974 in Western Argentina 1989, Third International Conference of the Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Buenos Aires
96. Villalba R, Boninsegna J A, Holmes R L. Cedrela angustifolia and Juglans australis: two new tropical species useful in dendrochronology. Tree-ring Bull 1985, 45:25-35.
97. Villalba R, Boninsegna J A, Veblen T T, Schmelter A, Rubulis S. Recent trends in tree-ring records from high elevation sites in the Andes of Northern Patagonia. Clim. Change 1997, 36:425-54.
98. Villalba R, Grau H R, Boninsegna J A, Jacoby G C, Ripalta A. Tree-ring evidence for long-term precipitation changes in subtropical South America. Int. J. Climatol 1998, 18:1463-78.
99. Waechter J L. Padrões fitogeográficos na flora atual do Rio Grande do Sul. Cienc. Amb 2002, 24:93-108.
100. Wimmer R, Strumia G, Holawe F. Use of false rings in Austrian pine to reconstruct early growing season precipitation. Can. J. For. Res 2000, 30:1691-7.
101. Worbes M. One hundred years of tree-ring research in the tropics - a brief history and an outlook to future challenges. Dendrochronologia 2002, 20:217-31.
102. Worbes M, Staschel R, Roloff A, Junk W J. Tree ring analysis reveals age structure, dynamics and wood production of a natural forest stand in Cameroon. For. Ecol. Manage 2003, 173:105-23.