Analisi dendrocronologiche nel sito Natura 2000 “Pineta di Linguaglossa”

2008

Dendrochronology is based on the tree’s characteristic to register in their xylem, the environmental conditions in which they live. The influence of climate, soil movements and modifications, volcanic eruptions, insect attacks etc, determine ring width and further xylem morphological elements (cell lumen, density, latewood and earlywood width etc.). Tree rings may be used as proxy records. According to this assumption, the correlation between tree rings and environmental factors may be transposed back in time using long chronologies, in order to reconstruct specific environmental conditions such as climate, hydrological fluctuations, ice movements etc. The aim of the project Managmned is to…