Tree ings and ople International Conference on the Future of Dendrochronology Davos, 22-26 September 2001 Abstracts Edited by Michele Kaennel Dobbertin and Otto Ueli Braker Published by the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL CH-8903 Birmensdorf. 2001 Recommended form of citation: Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Braker, O.U. (eds) 2001: Tree Rings and People. International Conference on the Future of Dendrochronology. Davos, 22-26 September 2001. Abstracts. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 278 pp. ISBN 3-905620-96-0 Available from Library WSL ZOrcherstrasse 111 CH-8903 Birmensdorf E-mail: [email protected] Contents In the table of contents, short and extended* poster abstracts are sorted according to sub-themes within each session. Extended abstracts are grouped in the last section of this volume, pp. 197-264. Session 1: Wood structure and function The increment puncher: A tool for extracting small cores of wood and bark from living trees 17 Theodor Forster, Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Bernhard Denneler Using three different methods for measuring tree rings: comparison of results 18 Ignacio Garcfa Gonzalez, Lorena Garcfa Rodrfguez, Elvira Dfaz Vizcafno A computer-assisted dendrochronology workstation: progress report 19 Martin A.R. Munro, Malcolm K. Hughes, Robert Schowengerdt, W. Steven Conner, James B. Engle, Giribalan Gopalan, James M. Burns Analysis of tree-ring growth and cell structure on free-hand sections by confocal microscopy * 197 Peter Kitin, Ryo Funada Microphotometry and tomography as tools for the study of internal wood structures 20 Vladimir Bahyl, J. Dursk, M. Gajtanska, Pham Van Tinh, Th. Seifert, A. Zbonak1 Image analysis of ring anatomy: interpretation of intra-ring microvariations in wood density * 198 Valerie Decoux, Emmanuel Defays, Charles De Canniere Modelling of cambial activity 21 Alexander V. Shashkin, Harold C. Fritts, Debbie Hemming Dendrochronology of roots: applications and potential 22 Cornelia Krause Why is there so much air in sapwood? * 200 Barbara L. Gartner, John A. Moore, Barry A. Gardiner Cell-wall masses of conifer tree ring * 202 Pavel P. Silkin Mediterranean tree rings: difficulties encountered during the dating 23 Paolo Cherubini, Barbara Gartner, Roberto Tognetti, Otto U. Braker, John L. Innes Age determination of two evergreen woody species (Pistacia lentiscus and Phillyrea latifolia) of 24 Mediterranean macchia vegetation Riccardo Gucci, Otto U. Braker, Werner Schoch, Paolo Cherubini Do ring-shaken chestnut trees display larger earlywood vessels and/or less radial rays than unshaken 25 ones? Patrick Fonti A reassessment of carbon content in wood: Variation within and between 40 North American species 26 Sabah Lamlom, Rodney Savidge Tree rings and sex: A case study from high-altitude Austrocedrus chilensis forests from southern Argentina 27 and Chile Fidel Roig, Carlos Le-Quesne, Jose A. Boninsegna, Mariano Morales 3 Preliminary results on the dendrochronology of Wollemi Pine ( Wollemia nobilis), a new conifer genus from 28 NSW, Australia John C.G. Banks The variation of the annual rings in Iranian beech (Fagus orientalis L) 29 Davoud ParsaPajouh The formation of new vessel elements in the ring-porous hardwoods in springtime in relation to water 30 transport Ryo Funada, Tomoko lwatate-Suzuki, Yasuhiro Utsumi, Toshihiro Suzuki, Peter Kitin, Yuzou Sano Mechanism leading to intra-ring radial cracks in young spruce trees * 204 Michael Grabner, Burgi Gierlinger, Rupert Wimmer Variation in wood anatomy of some Maloideae species in relation to climate * 206 Vera E. Benkova The effects of climate on variations in early- and latewood width of Japanese ash in northern Hokkaido, 31 Japan Koh Yasue, Ryo Funada Salt stress signal in the annual rings of poplars exposed to coastal storms 32 Thorbergur Hjalti Jonsson, Baldur J6n Vigfusson, 61afur Eggertsson Ash pollarding in SWitzerland in the last 6000 years: the wood-anatomical evidence 33 Jean Nicolas Haas, Heiner Albrecht Spruce budworm defoliation and its impact on the tree-ring formation of Balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) 34 Mill.) Young-In Park, Hubert Morin Frost rings in conifers and broadleaved trees - seasonal differentiation and ecological evaluation 35 Hannes Hubert Leuschner, Fritz Hans Schweingruber Frost-induced shrinkage in stem and root of Jug/ans regia trees 36 Sergio Mapelli, Alcide Bertani Rhythmic patterns of stable isotopes in tropical wood 37 Gerhard Helle, Gerhard Hans Schleser, Martin Worbes, Dieter Anhuf Long.term climate controls on vessel diameter and density in tropical trees 38 Fidel Roig, David Stahle, Silvia Delgado, Susana Monge Possible growth rings in the mangrove Rhizophora mucronata Lamk in Kenya 39 Anouk Verheyden, Hans Beeckman, Jurgen Tack, Nico Koedam Dendroclimatology of the Australian red cedar in Eastern Australian rainforests 40 lngo Heinrich, John C.G. Banks Dendroecological studies on Swietenia macrophyl/a King and Cedre/a odorata L. from the Central Amazon 41 Oliver Dunisch, Josef Bauch, Valdinez R. Mont6ia Phenology and stem-growth periodicity of tree species in Amazonian floodplain forests 42 Jochen Schongart, Martin Worbes Wood anatomical characteristics for tree-ring and growth periodicity analysis of semideciduous forests in 43 Brazil Mario Tomazello Fo., Viviam Correia Baptista, Ligia Ferreira, Paulo Cesar Botosso Tree rings of teak as dendrochronological tools: Some anatomical evidences 44 Kanthila Mahabala Bhat 4 Session 2: Archaeology Dendrochronology: doing the splits between archaeology and natural sciences 47 Andre Billamboz, Wilhelm Tegel Tree-ring Research and archaeological heritage in the Netherlands 48 Esther Jansma, Elsemieke Hanraets, Ute Sass-Klaassen, Tamara Vemimmen Dendrochronological evidence of timber trade 49 Tomasz Wazny A dendrochronological study of violins by Antonio Stradivari 50 John Topham A new oak chronology for early medieval Venice 51 Nicoletta Martinelli Dendrochronological analysis of the library (Sala Vaccarini) and sacristy of the San Nicolo !'Arena 208 Monastery, Catania, Italy * Mauro Bernabei, R. Castorina, Angela Lo Monaco Lavagnone, Italy: a four-phase tree-ring chronology from the Early Bronze Age 52 Carol B. Griggs, Peter I. Kuniholm, Maryanne W. Newton Eastern Turkey: archaeology, history and tree-ring research at Urartian Ayanis 53 Maryanne W. Newton, Peter I. Kuniholm, Carol B. Griggs Xylological aspects of charcoals from the archaeological city of Ferento (Xllth century, Viterbo, Italy) * 210 Mauro Bernabei, Manuela Romagnoli Notes on ancient woodland exploitation from the dendrochronological study on the bronze pile-dwelling of 54 Frassino I (Northern Italy) Nicoletta Martinelli, Olivia Pignatelli Dendrochronological investigations in prehistoric pile dwellings in the Ljubljana Moor, Slovenia 55 Katarian Cufar, Anton Veluscek, Tom Levanic, Bernd Kromer Dendrochronological study of archaeological lake sites. From datation to forest exploitation 56 Jean-Pierre Hurni, Christian Orcel, Jean Tercier The history of the prehistoric mire woodland in Ypenburg, the Netherlands 57 Ute Sass-Klaassen, Laura Kooistra, Sjoerd van Daalen, Elsemieke Hanraets, Esther Jansma, Pauline van Rijn Recent dendroarchaeological investigations in north-eastern France 58 Wilhelm Tegel Session 3: Air pollution and environmental chemistry Chemical elements in tree-ring patterns as related to soil chemical status in the Southern Black Forest, 212 Germany* Jurgen Schaffer, Klaus von Wilpert Emission of power plants and growth of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) * 214 Wolfram Elling 5 Relationships between radial increment and lignification of conifers in alkalised industrial areas of Estonia 61 Malle Mandre, Henn Parn Air pollution effects on wood decay of windthrown trees in the southern taiga of the Urals 62 E.L. Vorobeichik, Marina R. Trubina, Alexandr Yu. Surkov Elements, PAH and isotopes of S and Pb in tree bark for biomonitoring of air quality and fingerprinting of 63 pollution sources Frieder Hofmann, Werner Wosniok, Guido Bracke, Annette Giesemann, Ulrike Siemers The effects of drought, insects and pollution on the radial increment of Scots pine on sandy soil in western 64 Rnland Kristian Karlsson Estimation of fluctuations in forest stand productivity with help of ring-width analysis 65 Irene Dashkovskaya, Alexey Buzikin, Vladislav Soukhovolsky Growth response of tamarack and black spruce populations to wastewater filtered through a boreal bog 66 Thomas W. Doyle, Glenn R. Guntenspergen Trace element determination by PIXE in tree rings and soil of the Mexican Basin 67 German Galva-Vasquez, J. Miranda, L. Huerta-Arcos, C. Solis, V. Cetina Global radiation disasters and tree rings 68 Valery Kozlov, Gennadiy Kozubov, Margarita Kisternaya Metal deposition in baldcypress tree rings 69 Margaret S. Devall, Shane D. Latimer, Leonard B. Thien, Erik G. Ellgaard t, Charles E. Thomas, Satish D. Kumar Temporal trend in heavy metals concentrations and lignin structure in some conifers in Aosta Valley 70 (western Italian Alps) Marco Orlandi, Manuela Pelfini, Manuela Pavan Woodtrax: a new instrument for x-ray and trace element analysis 71 Hakan Grudd Session 4: Climatology Tree-ring width wavelet analysis of solar variability and climatic effects on a Chilean cypress during the last 216 two and a half millenia * Daniel J. R. Nordemann, N. R. Rigozo, E. Echer, L. E. A. Vieira, A. Zanandrea Dendrochronological evidence of long-term variations in solar activity and climate * 218 O.M. Raspopov, V.A. Dergachev,0.1. Shumilov, T. Kolstrom, M. Lindholm, J. Merilainen, 6. Eggertsson,