Journal article
Characteristics of a multi-species conifer network of wood properties chronologies from Southern Australia
KJ Allen, SC Nichols, R Evans, PJ Baker
Dendrochronologia | Published : 2022
Abstract
Progress in quantitative wood anatomy has resulted in a growing number of increasingly understood proxies from the tree-ring archive. Much of this work has been based on tree species in the Northern Hemisphere. Here, we present and examine a relatively dense network of wood property chronologies (wood density, tracheid radial diameter, cell wall thickness and ring width) from several species in Tasmania, southern Australia. We ask how the relationships amongst the different types of chronologies differ within and amongst species. We also consider how each chronology responds to monthly climate. In general terms, and similar to findings in the Northern Hemisphere, relationships between the va..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Permits and permissions to collect samples comprising the chronologies were granted by Parks and Wildlife Tasmania, Hydro Tasmania and Sustainable Timbers Tasmania. Sustainable Timbers Tasmania also generously provided assistance with access, transport and sampling at TPK and timber yards in Strahan, western Tasmania. We also thank Melinda McHenry and Elliot McClean for some `R inspiration'. David Drew and Geoff Downes were instrumental in starting this work and played important roles in developing the BUT series; that aspect of the work was supported by Herman Slade Foundation (HSF 09/5). This work was also supported by Australian Research Council grants (DP120104320 and LP12020811). KA is supported by Australian Research Council grant (FT200100102).