7. Dendrogeomorphology: trees as recorders of natural hazards

Dendrogeomorphology is based on the concept of a "process-event-response", which postulates that woody plants have a great capacity to react to stresses linked to disturbances in their growth environment. The process encompasses geomorphological activity and natural and/or anthropogenic changes to the environment that are sufficiently rapid and irreversible on the scale of a few years (erosion, sedimentation, impoundment of water, human intervention, etc.). The event corresponds to the disturbance suffered by the tree...