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Symposium 8 (PT 1). Dendrochronological progress in tropical Americas

What:
Talk
When:
9:20, Thursday 30 Jun 2022 (1 hour 30 minutes)
Breaks:
Coffee Break   10:35 AM to 11:00 AM (25 minutes)
Where:
Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)   Virtual session
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Dendrochronological archives in the tropics of the Americas have been under-studied for a long time. Some of the challenges include the Identification of tree-ring boundaries in certain tree species, absence of winter dormancy associated to low temperatures in most of the cases, and logistic difficulties of fieldwork in remote sites. However, part of the slow progress is also related to the fact that historically much less resources have been invested in dendrochronological research in the tropics than in other regions of the world. Nevertheless, more studies have been published over the last decade leading to important achievements such as the expansion of tree-ring networks due to an increase in the number of available chronologies from a wide variety of tree species, as well as different methodological approaches. In addition to tree-ring width (TRW), now stable carbon and oxygen isotopes, Quantitative Wood Anatomy, autofluorescence and chemistry provide means to develop tree-ring research in the tropical region. In this symposium, we will show progress done in the Tropical Americas highlighting studies from different countries. Mexico has been pioneering with the development of over 40 TRW chronologies, while new TRW chronologies in Guatemala can contribute to a better management of water resources. In South America tree-ring chronologies were generated from multiple tree species measuring distinct parameters at the western (dry) and eastern (wet) flanks in Central Andes of Peru and Bolivia, while in the seasonally dry forests of Brazil, alive and subfossil tree-ring records have been developed. This symposium intends to provide new insights into forest responses to climate, stand dynamics or other environmental events, based on tree-ring analyses, and updated on more useful methodologies with the main goal being to push tropical dendrochronology for the following decades through international collaborative research.

Moderator
Columbia University
Associate Research Professor
Moderator
IANIGLA-CONICET Argentina
Moderator
Institute of Environmental Research
Moderator
University of Arizona
Moderator
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Speaker
University of Sao Paulo
Speaker
Tree Ring Lab Columbia University
Postdoctoral Researcher
Speaker
University of Sao Paulo
PhD student
Speaker
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Speaker
Universidad Continental
Speaker
IANIGLA-CONICET Argentina

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