3. Dendroclimatology: trees as recorders of past climate
3.1 The role of climate in tree growth
The cerne-climate relationship is estimated using linear regression, the assumption being that the effect of variation in the climatic factor studied on that of the width, maximum density or isotopic signature of the cerne is linear within the range of ecological conditions covered by the sample. However, ring width incorporates all inter-annual variations in environmental conditions. In order to determine to what extent (how and when?) climatic parameters can influence tree growth, response functions are calculated
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Bibliography
Digital media
International Tree-Ring DatabBase ITRDB: international database of reference chronologies used in dendroecology http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treering.html
Software tools
The Dendrochronology Program Library: free software suite dedicated to dendrochronological analysis http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/pub/dpl/
Dendrochronology Program Library in R dpIR: set of r routines for standardizing dendrochronology data
Websites
ITRDB forum: world dendrochronology forum http://www.listserv.arizona.edu/archives/itrdbfor.html
GRISSNO MAYER (H.)'s personal website dedicated to dendrochronology http://www.web.utk.edu/~grissino
Events
WorldDendro: international dendrochronology symposium, held every four years (even-numbered years). http://www.dendro2014.com/
AmériDendro: international dendrochronology symposium organized by the tree-ring society, held every four years (odd-numbered years) on the American continent.
Directory
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
Tree-ring society http://www.treeringsociety.org/
Laboratories – Design offices – Schools – Research centers (non-exhaustive list)
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