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Dendrochronology of Abies Religiosa in Michoacan, Mexico

An exploratory investigation of tree growth and climate relationships in Abies religiosa from Michoacan, Mexico, produced the first crossdated and standardized tree-ring chronology from the North American tropics. Pearson correlation coefficients and principal components response function analysis were employed. Results indicate that ring-width series from this species have moderately high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N = 13.42). A substantial percentage of the ring-width signal can be explained by instrumented monthly climate data, particularly spring precipitation and winter temperature. Although correlation between climate data and the tree-ring measurements indicate that growth of Abies religiosa is highly influenced by year-to-year climate variation, longer climate records and tree-ring chronologies are needed from this tropical region to improve understanding of climate -tree growth relationships, and for dendroclimatic reconstruction.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/262286
Date January 1991
CreatorsHuante, Pilar, Rincón, Emmanuel, Swetnam, Thomas W.
ContributorsCentro de Ecología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, México, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
PublisherTree-Ring Society
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
RightsCopyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved.
Relationhttp://www.treeringsociety.org

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