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Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Forschungszentrum Jülich in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft TRACE – Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Volume 5 Proceedings of the DENDROSYMPOSIUM 2006 April 20th – 22nd 2006, Tervuren, Belgium Edited by: Kristof Haneca, Anouk Verheyden, Hans Beeckman, Holger Gärtner, Gerd Helle, Gerhard Schleser ASSOCIATION FOR TREE-RING RESEARCH GESELLSCHAFT FÜR JAHRRINGFORSCHUNG Umwelt Environment Schriften des Forschungszentrums Julich Reihe Umweltl Environment Band /Volume 74 Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH lnstitut fur Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphare Sedimentare Systeme (ICG-5) TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Volume 5 Proceedings of the DENDROSYMPOSIUM 2006 April 20th - 22nd 2006, Tervuren, Belgium Edited by: Kristof Haneca, Anouk Verheyden, Hans Beeckman, Holger Gartner, Gerd Helle, Gerhard H. Schleser Schriften des Forschungszentrums Julich Reihe Umweltl Environment Band /Volume 74 ISSN 1433-5530 ISBN 978-3-89336-480-0 Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Deutsche Natlonalb~bliotheklists this publication in the Deutsche Natlonalbibliografie; detailed bibllographlc data are available in the lnternet at <htt~://dnb.d-nb.de>. Publisher and Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH Distributor: Zentralbibliothek, Verlag D-52425 Julich Phone +49 (0)2461 61-5368 . Fax +49 (0)2461 61 -61 03 e-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.fz-juelich.de/zb Cover Design: Grafische Medien, Forschungszentrum Jiilich GmbH Printer: Grafische Medien, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH Copyright: Forschungszentrum Julich 2007 The editors cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy of any statements or information given in the papers. Schriften des Forschungszentrums Julich Reihe Umweltl Environment Band /Volume 74 The complete volume is freely available on the lnternet on the Julicher Open Access Server (JUWEL) at http://www.fz-juelich.de/zb/juwel. Neither this book nor any part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. This volume contains extended abstracts from talks and posters presented at the fifth TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference that was held in Tervuren (Belgium) between April 20 to 22 of 2006. The annual TRACE conferences seek to strengthen the network and scientific exchange of scientists and students involved in the study of tree rings. This annual conference is an initiative of the 'Association for Tree-Ring Research' (ATR). One goal of this conference is to give young scientists and students the opportunity to present concepts, ongoing and finished work. The conference was hosted by the Laboratory of Wood Biology & Xylarium of the Royal Museum for Central Africa and the Laboratory of Wood Technology of Ghent University. The organizers were pleased to welcome an international group of 90 scientists and students from Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, The Netherlands, Mexiw, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the USA. The participants all presented excellent oral and poster presentations and discussed their current research. In total, 34 talks were presented, covering the fields of Cultural Heritage (3), Climatology (7),Glaciology (l), Isotopes (5), Geomorphology (4), Ecology (8) and Wood anatomy and Cambial activity (6). Furthermore, 39 posters were displayed to the audience. Two invited speakers gave a talk about the study of tree-ring patterns in wooden cultural heritage. Prof. Dieter Eckstein focussed on dendro-provenancing, where tree-ring studies are used to document and to reconstruct the historical timber trade in Europe. Prof. Partick Hoffsummer gave an overview of his exhaustive work on roofs from historical buildings in Northern France and Belgium, and the evolutional patterns that can be observed in their construction. As an overall conclusion of the conference Prof. Fritz Schweingruber plead for an integration of dendrochronology and wood anatomy to improve their mutual performance. The editors of the TRACE proceedings 2006 are delighted to present 34 extended abstracts of tree-ring studies that were communicated during the conference. We would like to thank the reviewers for their valuable comments on the first versions of these manuscripts. Furthermore, the organisers would like to thank the participants for the lively discussions and enthusiastic exchange of ideas. Also, the contribution of our sponsors, Fund for Scientific Research of Flanders, the Belgian Science Policy, Olympus Belgium and RinnTech, was highly appreciated. We hope to meet you again very soon! Kristof Haneca Anouk Verheyden Hans Beeckman Holger Gartner Gerd Helle Gerhard Schleser CONTENTS SECTION 1 CULTURAL HERITAGE D. Eckstein & S. Wrobel: 8 Dendrochronological proof of origin of historic timber – retrospect and perspectives P. Hoffsummer: 21 The evolution of roofing in Northern France and Belgium from the 11th to the 18th century as revealed by dendrochronology N. Bleicher: 28 Dendroarchaeology of late-neolithic timber in the Federseebasin J. Susperregi: 35 Oak dendrochronology studies in the Basque Country SECTION 2 CLIMATOLOGY W. Beck: 44 Finding best regression approach for description of climate-growth relationships by floating time spans of varying width Sz. Bijak: 54 Tree growth - climate response in relation to habitat type in spruce stands of the Borecka Primeval Forest U. Büntgen, J. Esper, A. Verstege, D. Nievergelt, D.C. Frank & R.J.S. Wilson: 60 Climatic response of multiple tree-ring parameters from the Spanish Central Pyrenees C. Couralet, U. Sass-Klaassen, Y. Sahle, F. Sterck, T. Bekele & F. Bongers: 73 Dendrochronological investigations on Juniperus procera from Ethiopian dry afromontane forests J. Esper, U. Büntgen, D. Frank, T. Pichler & K. Nicolussi: 80 Updating the Tyrol tree-ring dataset D. Frank, D. Ovchinnikov, A. Kirdyanov & J. Esper: 85 The potential for long-term climatic reconstructions in the Central Altay mountains from living and relict larch D. Friedrichs, B. Neuwirth, J. Löffler & M. Winiger: 97 Dendroclimatology in the Low Mountain Ranges, Germany 3 R.J. Kaczka & U. Büntgen: 103 Spatial autocorrelation and growth/climate response of a high elevation spruce network along the Carpathian arc B. Neuwirth, D. Friedrichs & M. Hennen: 113 2003 – where is the negative pointer year? A case study for the NW-German low mountain ranges J. Schultz, B. Neuwirth, J. Löffler, & M. Winiger: 121 GWL-Fingerprints in Central European Tree-Rings V. Trouet & A. Taylor: 127 Fire-climate interactions in northern California SECTION 3 ISOTOPES K. Treydte et al. (34 co-authors, list suppressed): 138 Climate signals in the European isotope network ISONET K. Weidner, G. Helle, J. Löffler, B. Neuwirth & G.H. Schleser: 148 Stable isotope and tree-ring width variations of larch affected by larch budmoth outbreaks SECTION 4 ECOLOGY A. Bär, A. Bräuning & J. Löffler: 156 Climate-growth relationships of the dwarf shrub species Empetrum hermaphroditum in the Norwegian Scandes G. Calva-Vázquez, R. Hernández-Tapia, L. Rodríguez-Fernández & J.L Ruvalcaba-Sil: 161 Study of the elemental concentration variation of Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb in rings of growth of Abies religiosa and Pinus montezumae from Mexico Basin Surroundings S. Chauchard, C. Carcaillet & F. Guibal: 172 Threshold of land-use abandonment controls the rate of Pinus sylvestris recruitment and the forest dynamics in a Mediterranean mountain (Provence, S-E France) P. Copini, U. Sass-Klaassen & J. den Ouden: 179 Dendrochronology as a tool for historical ecological research. Two case studies from the Netherlands M. De Ridder, K. Haneca, H. Beeckman, R. Samson & J. Van Acker: 188 Dendrochronological monitoring of air pollution in the Ghent canal area (Belgium) 4 S. Fischer, B. Neuwirth, M. Winiger & J. Löffler: 196 Nature conservation – influencing factor on radial tree growth? A conceptual approach of a new project M. Rybníþek, J. Frouz, V. Gryc, H. Vavrþík & O. Štouraþ: 200 The influence of wood ants on forest tree growth U. Sass-Klaassen, Md. Q. Chowdhury, F.J. Sterck & R. Zweifel: 206 Effects of water availability on the growth and tree morphology of Quercus pubescens Willd. and Pinus sylvestris L. in the Valais, Switzerland P. Weber & R.D. Bardgett: 218 Dominant trees alter growing conditions in their surroundings SECTION 5 GEOMORPHOLOGY I. Heinrich, H. Gärtner & M. Monbaron: 224 Wood anatomy and Dendrogeomorphology - Reaction wood varieties caused by different experimental treatments R.J. Kaczka & H. Morin: 233 The dendrochronological records of debris flow activity in SE Quebec I. Malik & P. Owczarek: 240 Dendrochronological records of erosion and sedimentation in a mid-mountain stream (Jeseniki Mountains – Czech Republic) I. Roer, H. Gärtner & I. Heinrich: 248 Dendrogeomorphological analysis of alpine trees and shrubs growing on active and inactive rockglaciers SECTION 6 WOOD ANATOMY V. Gryc, M. Rybníþek & H. Vavrþík: 260 Anatomical description of tracheids in the compression wood of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) H. Vavrþík, V. Gryc & M. Rybníþek: 267 Analysis of root-wood in Scots pine T.H.G. Wils & Z. Eshetu: 277 Reconstructing the flow of the River Nile from Juniperus procera and Prunus africana tree rings (Ethiopia) – an explorative study on cross-dating
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