noaa-tree-1003410
Albania, 968-2008 AD, Tree ring width, Scots Pine, PAGES Euro-Med 2k Version
Seim, A.; Büntgen, U.; Fonti, P.; Haska, H.; Herzig, F.; Tegel, W.; Trouet, V.; Treydte, K.
Albania, 968-2008 AD, Tree ring width, Scots Pine, PAGES Euro-Med 2k Version
2013-05-15
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10.25921/0w6m-3q07
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/1003410
Investigator
A.
Seim
Investigator
U.
Büntgen
Investigator
P.
Fonti
Investigator
H.
Haska
Investigator
F.
Herzig
Investigator
W.
Tegel
Investigator
V.
Trouet
Investigator
K.
Treydte
earth science
paleoclimate
tree-ring
geoscientificInformation
PAGES 2k Network
PAGES Euro-Med 2k
PISY
Pinus sylvestris L.
Scots pine
Scotch pine
968 AD
2008 AD
982 cal yr BP
-58 cal yr BP
Complete
41
41
20
20
-400
-400
Continent
Europe
Southern Europe
Albania
Balkan Peninsula, Albania>LATITUDE 41>LONGITUDE 20
None
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Seim, A., U. Buentgen, P. Fonti, H. Haska,
F. Herzig, W. Tegel, V. Trouet, and K. Treydte. 2012.
Climate sensitivity of a millennium-long pine chronology
from Albania.
Climate Research, 51, 217-228.
DOI: 10.3354/cr01076
Considerable progress has been made in assessing European climate variations of the
last millennium, but little is known about the Mediterranean region and particularly its eastern part
including the Balkan Peninsula. This area, however, will be particularly vulnerable to a predicted
temperature increase and precipitation decrease, likely resulting in amplified drought extremes and
episodes. Here we present a well-replicated composite tree-ring width chronology of millennial
length from Albania, Balkan Peninsula. The Pinus heldreichii Christ dataset contains 302 series from
217 living and dead trees from 3 high-elevation sites, and spans the years 968-2008. Signal strength
and growth-climate relationships were investigated using subsets according to location, age class,
and growth level, as well as differently detrended chronology versions. Growth comparisons
amongst the 3 sites' chronologies, between age classes and between growth-rate groups reveal an
overall strong common signal. Growth-climate relationships over the last 100 yr, however, indicate
that tree-ring formation does not depend on one single dominant factor, but rather on various combinations
of summer precipitation and temperature resulting in temporally varying drought sensitivity.
Our results emphasize a mixed and variable climate signal, corresponding with findings from other
P. heldreichii sites across the Balkan Peninsula and Southern Italy.
STUDY NOTES: Tree-ring sampling was performed in order to develop well-replicated, long, and climate-sensitive chronologies including different age classes. From
131 living trees, 47 disk and 255 core samples were collected, and 86 samples here derived from stumps of recently logged trees or from dry dead wood remains. We sampled at 3 high-elevation sites along a
north-south transect in Albania: Thethi (AT), Fushe Lura (AL) and the Cuka Partisan (AP). All sites were located in open forest stands near the
upper local treeline on shallow soils. The most northern site, AT (42° 25' N, 19°46' E), is located in the Albanian Alps, and 41 trees were sampled between
1700 and 1900 m above sea level (a.s.l.) on a southeast-exposed slope. The AL site (41°48' N, 20°14' E) is located in the Lura mountain range in central Albania,
where 89 trees were sampled between 1800 and 2000 m a.s.l. on a steep southwest-exposed slope. We complemented cores of living trees with samples from 10 logs (>500 yr) found in local sawmills close to
this site. The AP site in the Tomorri massif (40°42' N, 20° 8' E) is the southernmost location, where 77 trees were sampled between 1900 and 2100 m a.s.l.
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