Session 1A: Hide and go seek with trees in the eastern US
Session Number
Session 1A: 1st Presentation
Location
Auditorium
Start Date
26-4-2018 9:40 AM
End Date
26-4-2018 10:25 AM
Abstract
Trees act as a globally distributed sensor network that provides a window into past climate and ecological conditions. Through this window, we can glimpse how climate conditions have evolved over time, how trees interact with one another in a forest, and even how humans have moved across the landscape. Trees have many stories to tell, but we have to ask the right questions. Dendrochronology, the science of tree rings, uses the variability within annually formed tree rings to understand the myriad of factors that influence tree growth. Recent analytical advances are allowing for us to understand how individual trees perceive their environment and how canopy position can affect the climate response recorded by individual species. We are finding that by harnessing the full suite of available species and accounting for differences in canopy status we gain a more complete picture of how forests function during this period of changing climate conditions.
Session 1A: Hide and go seek with trees in the eastern US
Auditorium
Trees act as a globally distributed sensor network that provides a window into past climate and ecological conditions. Through this window, we can glimpse how climate conditions have evolved over time, how trees interact with one another in a forest, and even how humans have moved across the landscape. Trees have many stories to tell, but we have to ask the right questions. Dendrochronology, the science of tree rings, uses the variability within annually formed tree rings to understand the myriad of factors that influence tree growth. Recent analytical advances are allowing for us to understand how individual trees perceive their environment and how canopy position can affect the climate response recorded by individual species. We are finding that by harnessing the full suite of available species and accounting for differences in canopy status we gain a more complete picture of how forests function during this period of changing climate conditions.