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TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
卷 31, 期 6, 页码 1999-2009出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-017-1604-9
关键词
Tree rings; Growth rhythms; C-14; Amazon; Biannual ring formation
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资金
- Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through NERC Research Fellowship [NE/L0211160/1]
- NERC standard Grant [NE/ K01353X/1]
- NERC Doctoral Training Grant [NE/L501542/1]
- Natural Environment Research Council [1366186, NE/M02203X/1, NE/K01353X/1, NE/I021160/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [NE/I021160/1, NE/M02203X/1, NE/K01353X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Radiocarbon dating shows that Cedrela trees from Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela form one ring per year but Cedrela trees from Suriname form two rings per year. Tropical tree rings have the potential to yield valuable ecological and climate information, on the condition that rings are annual and accurately dated. It is important to understand the factors controlling ring formation, since regional variation in these factors could cause trees in different regions to form tree rings at different times. Here, we use 'bomb-peak' radiocarbon (C-14) dating to test the periodicity of ring formation in Cedrela trees from four sites across tropical South America. We show that trees from Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela have reliably annual tree rings, while trees from Suriname regularly form two rings per year. This proves that while tree rings of a particular species may be demonstrably annual at one site, this does not imply that rings are formed annually in other locations. We explore possible drivers of variation in ring periodicity and find that Cedrela growth rhythms are most likely caused by precipitation seasonality, with a possible degree of genetic control. Therefore, tree-ring studies undertaken at new locations in the tropics require independent validation of the annual nature of tree rings, irrespective of how the studied species behaves in other locations.
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