Dendroclimatological investigation of mainland Australia's only alpine conifer, Podocarpus lawrencei Hook.f

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  McDougall, Keith L ^a   Brookhouse, Matthew T ^b   Broome, Linda S ^a  

^a Department of Environment Climate Change and Water ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Alps; Podocarpus lawrencei; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAMPLING; SNOW COVER; STEM;

ALPS; AUSTRALIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PODOCARPUS LAWRENCII;

EID: 84856294181     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Akaike H. A new look at statistical model identification. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1974, AC-19.
2. Banks, J.C.G., 1982. The use of dendrochronology in the interpretation of the dynamics of the snow gum forest. Dissertation, Australian National University, Canberra.
3. Banks J.C.G. Fire and stand histories in subalpine forests on the Thredbo ski slopes, Kosciusko National Park, N.S.W. International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-Ring Analysis 1987, 163-174. U.S. Department of Energy. G.C. Jacoby, J.W. Hornbeck (Eds.).
4. Barker P.C.J. Podocarpus lawrencei (Hook.f.): population structure and fire history at Goonmirk Rocks, Victoria. Australian Journal of Ecology 1991, 16:149-158.
5. Biondi F., Waikul K. DENDROCLIM2002: a C++ program for statistical calibration of climate signals in tree-ring chronologies. Computers and Geosciences 2004, 30(3):303-311.
6. Borgaonkar H.P., Ram S., Sikder A.B. Assessment of tree-ring analysis of high-elevation Cedrus deodara D. Don from Western Himalaya (India) in relation to climate and glacier fluctuations. Dendrochronologia 2009, 27:59-69.
7. Briffa K.R., Osborn T.J., Schweingruber F.H. Large-scale temperature inferences from tree rings: a review. Global and Planetary Change 2004, 40:11-26.
8. Brookhouse M. Eucalypt dendrochronology: past, present and potential. Australian Journal of Botany 2006, 54:435-449.
9. Brookhouse M., Bi H. Elevation-dependent climate sensitivity in Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. Trees 2009, 23:1309-1321.
10. Brookhouse M., Lindesay J., Brack C. The climatological and hydrological potential of tree rings in Eucalyptus pauciflora. Geographical Research 2008, 46:421.
11. Brubaker L.B. Spatial patterns of tree growth anomalies in the Pacific Northwest. Ecology 1980, 61:798-807.
12. Buckley B.M., Barbetti M., Watanasak M., D'Arrigo R., Boourchirdchoo S., Sarutanon S. Dendrochronological investigations in Thailand. IAWA Journal 1995, 16:393-409.
13. Büntgen U., Frank D., Trouet V., Esper J. Diverse climate sensitivity of Mediterranean tree-ring width and density. Trees 2010, 24:261-273.
14. Carilla J., Grau H.R. 150 years of tree establishment, land use and climate change in montane grasslands, northwest Argentina. Biotropica 2010, 42:49-58.
15. Cook E.R., Holmes R.L. Users Manual for Program ARSTAN 1986, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
16. Cook E.R., Palmer J.G., Cook B.I., Hogg A., D'Arrigo R.D. A multi-millennial palaeoclimatic resource from Lagarostrobos colensoi tree-rings at Oroko Swamp, New Zealand. Global and Planetary Change 2002, 33:209-220.
17. Cook E.R., Peters K. The smoothing spline: a new approach to standardizing forest interior tree-ring width series for dendroclimatic studies. Tree-Ring Bulletin 1981, 41:45-53.
18. Costin A.B., Gray M., Totterdell C.J., Wimbush D.J. Kosciuszsko Alpine Flora 2000, CSIRO, Melbourne, 404 pp.
19. D'Arrigo R.D., Schuster W.S.F., Lawrence D.M., Cook E.R., Wilijanen M., Thetford R.D. Climate-growth relationships of eastern hemlock and chestnut oak from Black Rock Forest in the highlands of southeastern New York. Tree-Ring Research 2001, 57:183-190.
20. Davi N.K., Jacoby G.C., Wiles G.C. Boreal temperature variability inferred from maximum latewood density and tree-ring width data, Wrangell Mountain region, Alaska. Quaternary Research 2003, 60:252-262.
21. DeWeese G.G., Grissino-Mayer H.D., Lafon C.W., Aldrich S.R. Evaluating the dendroclimatological potential of central Appalachian Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.). Dendrochronologia 2010, 28:173-186.
22. Dunwiddie P.W. Dendrochronological studies of indigenous New Zealand trees. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1979, 16:31-37.
23. Duus A. Estimation and analysis of snow cover in the Snowy Mountains between 1910 and 1991. Australian Meteorological Magazine 1992, 40:195-204.
24. Enright N.J., Hill R.S., Veblen T.T. The southern conifers - an introduction. Ecology of the Southern Conifers 1995, 1-9. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. N.J. Enright, R.S. Hill (Eds.).
25. February E.C., Stock W.D. An assessment of the dendrochronological potential of two Podocarpus species. The Holocene 1998, 8:747-750.
26. Frank D., Esper J. Characterization and climate response patterns of a high-elevation multi-species tree-ring network in the European Alps. Dendrochronologia 2005, 22:107-121.
27. Gedalof Z., Smith D.L. Dendroclimatic response of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) in Pacific North America. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 2001, 31:3222-3332.
28. Gibson N., Barker P.C.J., Cullen P.J., Shapcott A. Conifers of Southern Australia. Ecology of the Southern Conifers 1995, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. N.J. Enright, R.S. Hill (Eds.).
29. Graumlich L.J., Brubaker L.B. Reconstruction of annual temperature (1590-1979) for Longmire, Washington, derived from tree rings. Quaternary Research 1986, 25:223-234.
30. Green J.W. Continuous measurements of radial variation in Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb Ex Spreng. Australian Journal of Botany 1969, 17:191-198.
31. Grudd H. Torneträsk tree-ring width and density AD 500-2004: a test of climatic sensitivity and a new 1500-year reconstruction of north Fennoscandian summers. Climate Dynamics 2008, 31:843-857.
32. Halter R. Root growth of Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Sprengel ssp. pauciflora on Mount Stirling, southeastern Australia. Northwest Science 1998, 72:274-282.
33. Halter R., Sands R., Ashton D.H., Nambiar E.K.S. Root growth of subalpine and montane Eucalyptus seedlings at low soil temperatures. Trees-Structure and Function 1997, 12:35-41.
34. Harle K., Etheridge D., Whetton P., Jones R., Hennessy K., Goodwin I., Brooke B., van Ommen T., Barbetti M., Barrows T., Chappell J., De Deckker P., David F., Gagan M., Haberle S., Heijnis H., Henderson-Sellers A., Hesse P., Hope G., Kershaw P., Nicholls N. Building a Future on Knowledge from the Past: What Palaeo-Science can Reveal about Climate Change and its Potential Impacts in Australia 2005, CSIRO, Canberra.
35. Hennessey K., Whetton P.H., Smith I., Bathols J., Hutchison M., Sharples J. The Impact of Climate Change on Snow Conditions in Mainland Australia 2003, CSIRO, Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, 47 pp.
36. Holmes R.L. Computer-assisted quality control in tree-ring dating and measurement. Tree-Ring Bulletin 1983, 43:69-75.
37. Hughes L. Climate change and Australia: trends, projections and impacts. Austral Ecology 2003, 28:423-443.
38. Kirdyanov A., Hughes M., Vaganov E., Schweingruber F., Silkin P. The importance of early summer temperature and date of snow melt for tree growth in the Siberian Subarctic. Trees 2003, 17:61-69.
39. Körner C. Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems 1999, Springer, Heidelberg, 344 pp.
40. Kudo G. Effects of snow-free period on the phenology of alpine plants inhabiting snow patches. Arctic and Alpine Research 1991, 23:436-443.
41. Lusk C.H. Stand dynamics of the shade-tolerant conifers Podocarpus nubigena and Saxegothaea conspicua in Chilean temperate rain forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 1996, 7:549-558.
42. Morrow P.A., LaMarche V.C.J. Tree ring evidence for chronic insect suppression of productivity in subalpine Eucalyptus. Science 1978, 201:1244-1246.
43. Nishimura P.H., Laroque C.P. Observed continentality in radial growth-climate relationships in a twelve site network in western Labrador, Canada. Dendrochronologia 2011, 29:17-23.
44. Ogurtsov M., Helama S., Eronen M., Lindholm M. Centennial-to-millennial fluctuations in July temperatures in North Finland as recorded by timberline tree rings of Scots pine. Quaternary Research 2005, 63:182-188.
45. Palmer J.G., Xiong L.M. New Zealand climate over the last 500 years reconstructed from Libocedrus bidwillii Hook. f. tree-ring chronologies. Holocene 2004, 14:282-289.
46. Paton D.M., Slattery H.D., Willing R.R. Low root temperature delays dehardening of frost resistant eucalyptus shoots. Annals of Botany 1979, 43:123-124.
47. Pickering C.M., Good R., Green K. Potential Effects of Global Warming on the Biota of the Australian Alps 2004, Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, 51 pp.
48. Popa I., Kern Z. Long-term summer temperature reconstruction inferred from tree-ring records from the Eastern Carpathians. Climate Dynamics 2009, 32:1107-1117.
49. Poussart P.F., Evans M.N., Schrag D.P. Resolving seasonality in tropical trees: multi-decade, high-resolution oxygen and carbon isotope records from Indonesia and Thailand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2004, 218:301-316.
50. Sano M., Furuta F., Sweda T. Tree-ring-width chronology of Larix gmelinii as an indicator of changes in early summer temperature in east-central Kamchatka. Journal of Forest Research 2009, 14:147-154.
51. Schweingruber F.H. Annual growth rings and growth zones in woody plants in southern Australia. IAWA Bulletin 1992, 13:359-379.
52. Vaganov E.A., Hughes M.K., Kirdyanov A.V., Schweingruber F.H., Silkin P.P. Influence of snowfall and melt timing on tree growth in subarctic Eurasia. Nature 1999, 400:149-151.
53. Wahren C.H., Williams R.J., Papst W.A. Alpine and subalpine snow patch vegetation on the Bogong High Plains, SE Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science 2001, 12:779-790.
54. Whetton P.H. Climate change impacts on the spatial extent of snow-cover in the Australian Alps. Snow: A Natural History, an Uncertain Future 1998, 56-68. Australian Alps Liaison Committee/Surrey Beattie & Sons, Canberra/Sydney. K. Green (Ed.).
55. Whetton P.H., Haylock M.R., Galloway R.W. Climate change and snow-cover duration in the Australia Alps. Climatic Change 1996, 32:447-479.
56. Wigley T.M.L., Briffa K.R., Jones P.D. On the average of correlated time series, with applications in dendroclimatology and hydrometeorology. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 1984, 23:201-221.
57. Williams J.E., Brooker M.I.H. Eucalypts: an introduction. Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems 1997, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 430 pp. J.E. Williams, J.C.Z. Woinarski (Eds.).
58. Williams R.J., Wahren C.H. Potential impacts of global change on vegetation in Australian alpine landscapes: climate change, land use, vegetation dynamics and biodiversity conservation. Global Change and Mountain Regions 2005, 401-408. Springer, Dordrecht. U.M. Huber, K.M. Harald, K.M. Bugmann, M. Reasoner (Eds.).
59. Williams R.J., Wahren C.H., Tolsma A., Sanecki G.M., Papst W.A., Myers B.A., McDougall K.L., Heinze D.A., Green K. Large fires in Australian alpine landscapes: their part in the historical fire regime and their impacts on alpine biodiversity. International Journal of Wildland Fire 2008, 17:793-808.
60. Wilson R.J.S., Luckman B.H. Tree-ring reconstruction of maximum and minimum temperatures and the diurnal temperature range in British Columbia, Canada. Dendrochronologia 2002, 20:257-268.
61. Wilson R.J.S., Luckman B.H. Dendroclimatic reconstruction of maximum summer temperatures from upper tree-line sites in interior British Columbia. Holocene 2003, 13.
62. Yadav R.R., Singh J. Tree-ring-based spring temperature patterns over the past four centuries in Western Himalaya. Quaternary Research 2002, 57:299-305.
63. Youngblut D., Luckman B. Maximum June-July temperatures in the southwest Yukon over the last 300 years reconstructed from tree rings. Dendrochronologia 2008, 25:153-166.