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{"title":"Effects of historical industrial air pollution on European beech trees in Transylvania, Romania","authors":"Cosmin Ilie Cuciurean,&nbsp;Cristian Gheorghe Sidor,&nbsp;Mihai Lupescu","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126376","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126376","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Air pollution significantly endangers forest ecosystems, particularly in cities. As urbanization and industrial activities continue to expand, air quality has decline because of the release of various pollutants from sources like burning fossil fuels, non-ferrous metal processing, mining activities, and increasing road traffic. Our study sites were located in the Copșa Mică area, which was once one of the most heavily industrialized and polluted cities in Europe. We employed a dendrochronological approach to evaluate the effects of pollution on trees, as tree rings can preserve long-term records of environmental changes, including both climate variability and pollution. This information is reflected in the width and chemical composition of the tree rings. This study aims to assess and quantify the negative spatial and temporal effects of local industrial pollution on European beech (<em>Fagus sylvatica</em> L.) trees. The study quantifies the effects of pollution by measuring radial growth losses in trees affected. Additionally, it examines how local industrial pollution influences the relationship between climatic factors and tree growth, depending on the extent of pollution damage. The period between 1955 and 1990, during which European beech trees were exposed to high levels of air pollution, coincides with the operation of polluting industrial units in the region. During this time, trees in the intensively polluted area experienced growth losses of 31.7 % compared to those in unpolluted area, measured by both tree ring width and basal area increment. Radial growth rates around 1990 reveal that trees in the intensively polluted area had a significant increase in growth compared to trees located in moderate and unpolluted areas. This radial growth spurt is attributed to the substantial reduction in pollution levels after 1990. Additionally, the negative effects of air pollution on the dendroclimatic response of trees were evident. In the period 1955–2000 trees in the intensively polluted area exhibited a distinct dendroclimatic response compared to those located in unpolluted areas. In particular, trees in the polluted area showed a negative response to variations in both precipitation and monthly temperature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126376"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144307371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tracing aphid infestations through wood anatomical markers: Insights from Rhododendron campanulatum D.Don of the Himalayan region","authors":"Mohit Phulara ,&nbsp;Magdalena Opała-Owczarek ,&nbsp;Piotr Owczarek ,&nbsp;Alexander Bast ,&nbsp;Indra Dutt Bhatt ,&nbsp;Holger Gärtner","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126374","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126374","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent climatic shifts have led to a noticeable increase in temperatures across the high-altitude ecosystems of the Himalayas, particularly in winter. This warming is altering growing conditions for many species, including aphids, found at higher altitudes where they were previously rare. As air temperatures increase, aphids develop more rapidly, extending their active periods and winter survival, and changing their geographical distribution and abundance. In this study, we analyzed the anatomical structure of <em>Rhododendron campanulatum</em> D.Don tree rings to detect aphid infestations in the higher elevational range of the Himalayas. Microscopic examination of wood sections from branches and increment cores from the main trunk revealed sapwood alterations caused by aphid activities. Our findings indicate that aphid activity was observed at elevations ranging from 3100 to 3400 m a.s.l., with a marked preference for younger trees (≤ 22 years) over mature ones (&gt; 22 years) beyond a certain developmental stage. This suggests that aphid infestations are significantly more frequent and severe during the early life stages of the host trees, highlighting a vulnerability in younger individuals that diminishes with age. Hence, the pattern of aphid infestation is influenced not solely by rising temperatures, as previously assumed, nor is it significantly affected by altitude changes. Instead, it is notably impacted by the age of the samples. These anatomical markers highlight the impact of aphids and broader ecological shifts affecting plant resilience and forest health. Thus, this study urges collaboration among wood anatomists, entomologists, and ecologists to understand aphid life cycles, host preferences, and ecological interactions in the Himalayas. These findings are crucial for biodiversity conservation in the region and could affect ecological management strategies in other mountain regions worldwide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126374"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regional NDVI reconstruction based on tree-ring width of Pinus massoniana Lamb. in the north-south transition zone of China","authors":"Kunyu Peng ,&nbsp;Yameng Liu ,&nbsp;Keyu Zhang ,&nbsp;Jiaxin Li ,&nbsp;Jinkuan Li ,&nbsp;Xiaoxu Wei ,&nbsp;Mengyu Wang ,&nbsp;Jianfeng Peng","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126373","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126373","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Short-term observational records of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) limit the understanding of climate-driven changes in vegetation productivity and impacts in the context of global warming. The Tongbai Mountains are located in the north-south transitional zone of China and represent the northern boundary of <em>Pinus massoniana</em> Lamb. In this study, we employed the earlywood width (EWW), latewood width (LWW) and total ring width (TRW) chronologies of the existing <em>P. massoniana</em> to investigate the relationships of these chronologies with climate factors and NDVI, and found that tree growth showed significant positive correlations with temperature in March and April and with NDVI in April, May and June. The most significant positive correlations between TRW/EWW/LWW and NDVI in current June (0.79, 0.8, 0.76; <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001) were used for reconstruction since 1929 or 1930. Based on the EWW chronology, one linear regression function accounted for 63.7 % of the variance during 1982–2018 and tracked the observed data well. There were 13 dense and 13 sparse vegetation coverage years (both accounting for 14.13 %), and two dense and two sparse vegetation periods after 11-year smoothing of the reconstructed series. Comparing the reconstructed series with the warm season temperatures, we found that the vegetation coverage in early summer is mainly controlled by the temperature. Spectral analysis revealed that the vegetation cover variations mainly exist 2–3a (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.01) cycle, which may potentially reflect the connection between regional NDVI change and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO). Our results are of great significance to long-term prediction and management of dynamic vegetation cover change in the north-south transitional zone of China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126373"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative analysis of wood anatomy of European larch, Norway spruce, and European beech in mixed and monoculture stands under contrasting climatic conditions","authors":"Viktória Pipíšková ,&nbsp;Angela Balzano ,&nbsp;Soham Basu ,&nbsp;Maks Merela ,&nbsp;Pavel Bednář ,&nbsp;Jan Světlík","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126364","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126364","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present a tree-ring and wood-anatomical study of less widespread European larch (<em>L. decidua</em>) growing in mixed a monoculture stands with the economically important Norway spruce (<em>P. abies</em>) and European beech (<em>F. sylvatica</em>) under identical meteorological conditions in the Czech highlands. Tree responses to drought were assessed by comparing two contrasting periods: Control period (2009–2010) and a Dry period (2017–2018). We analysed tree-ring widths (<em>TRW</em>), early- and latewood widths (<em>EWW/LWW</em>), lumen area (<em>LA</em>), cell wall thickness (<em>CWT</em>), cell density (<em>CD</em>), relative conducting area (<em>RCTA</em>), hydraulically weighted mean cell diameter (<em>D</em>_<em>h</em>), and the potential hydraulic conductivity (<em>K</em>_<em>p</em>). A significant reduction in radial growth (51.8 %) was observed during the Dry period, with spruce and beech showing the greatest decline in monocultures, while larch exhibited mostly non-significant changes. Although <em>TRW</em> did not differ significantly between mixtures and monocultures within species, notable variations emerged at the wood-anatomical level. Tree species generally showed reduced anatomical variability and more stable water conductivity mostly in mixed stands under dry conditions. However, drought impacts were more pronounced in larger trees and denser stands, suggesting that forest structure can amplify vulnerability to water stress. Species-specific drought responses were distinct: larch showed no anatomical changes; spruce exhibited the greatest reduction in latewood lumen area and cell wall thickness; and beech reduced lumen area while increasing cell density, enhancing water transport efficiency under prolonged drought.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126364"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consistent summer temperature signals in a latewood blue intensity network from the upper tree line in the Caucasus","authors":"Rupesh Dhyani ,&nbsp;Dario Martin-Benito ,&nbsp;Mehmet Doğan ,&nbsp;Revaz Kvaratskhelia ,&nbsp;Nesibe Köse ,&nbsp;Hüseyin Tuncay Güner ,&nbsp;Lea Schneider","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126372","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126372","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate variability in the Caucasus region significantly influences tree growth in alpine tree line ecotones. However, long-standing human land-use history disrupted the natural equilibrium between montane forests and alpine meadows. These complex vegetation dynamics may cause traditional proxies such as tree-ring width (TRW) to display a weak climate signal, limiting their utility for understanding growth-climate relationships. To address these challenges, we established a multispecies network of seven tree ring width index (TRWI) and seven latewood blue intensity (LWBI) chronologies from three coniferous species (<em>Picea orientalis</em>, <em>Abies nordmanniana</em> and <em>Pinus sylvestris</em>) at current tree line sites (1900–2300 masl) in the Greater and Lesser Caucasus. Our results show that almost all the LWBI site chronologies demonstrate consistent and stable correlation with summer temperature (June-August). In contrast, corresponding TRWI chronologies reveal much weaker correlations with temperature, mainly with previous winter and spring. TRWI moderately responds to precipitation during the summer (JJA) while LWBI does not show any significant response to precipitation. The weaker and less consistent temperature signals in TRWI chronologies suggest additional influence of precipitation, non-climatic factors and local disturbance events on TRWI. Principal component analysis reveals a robust common signal in the LWBI network. First principal components from both proxies correlate with summer temperatures, although correlation is much higher for LWBI than for TRWI. The stable and consistent relationship between LWBI and summer temperature in different frequency domains indicates high potential of this proxy for annually resolved climate reconstructions at a regional level, which would be new for the Lesser Caucasus region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) tree rings along an elevation gradient in the Rarau Mts. (Romania)","authors":"Daniela Maria Llanos-Campana ,&nbsp;Zoltan Kern ,&nbsp;Ionel Popa ,&nbsp;Aurel Perşoiu","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126365","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126365","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the variations of <em>δ</em>¹³C and <em>δ</em>¹⁸O isotopes in alpha-cellulose extracted from Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em> (L.) Karst.) across an altitudinal gradient in the Eastern Carpathians. Results reveal mean <em>δ</em>¹⁸O values decrease with elevation aligning with the altitude effect and indicating influences from source water composition, precipitation dynamics, and evaporative enrichment. In contrast, mean <em>δ</em>¹³C values do not exhibit consistent altitudinal trends, highlighting the impact of local environmental factors like water stress and light exposure. In addition, the isotopic composition was correlated with environmental variables such as temperature (maximum and minimum) and precipitation to explore physiological responses of Norway spruce to climate conditions. The correlation between <em>δ</em>¹⁸O values and summer precipitation is weakening, while growing season temperature signal is strengthening towards higher elevations suggesting that the role of available water is diminishing, and ambient temperature is enhancing as approaching the timberline. A weakening trend was found for the negative correlation between <em>δ</em>¹³C values and summer precipitation. The correlation between <em>δ</em>¹³C values and precipitation (negative) and temperature (positive) in the growing period for the low elevation stand points to strong drought stress explained by changes in stomatal conductance during dry and warm conditions. The faint negative correlation with temperature for higher stands can be an indirect response to other direct controlling factors, such as relative humidity which is inversely related to temperature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126365"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Atmospheric mercury pollution recorded in conifer tree rings: Disentangling the effects of tree-ring width, water content, and climate on mercury concentrations","authors":"Katrien Boonen ,&nbsp;Rohan Shetti ,&nbsp;Tomáš Navrátil ,&nbsp;Tereza Nováková ,&nbsp;Jan Rohovec ,&nbsp;Jiří Lehejček","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126370","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126370","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mercury (Hg) is a contaminant of major concern for public and ecosystem health, known for its toxicity and bioaccumulation in the environment. Reconstructing past Hg pollution, as well as monitoring current Hg concentrations, is therefore essential. Tree rings offer a valuable archive for reconstructing historical atmospheric Hg pollution, yet the reliability of dendrochemical Hg reconstructions depends on understanding all factors that influence Hg accumulation in the xylem. This study investigated whether factors beyond atmospheric Hg concentrations, i.e., climatic variables (temperature and precipitation), tree-ring width, and water content, influenced Hg concentrations in the tree rings of European larch and Douglas fir growing near a chlor-alkali plant in the Czech city of Ústí nad Labem. Both tree species showed similar long-term trends in Hg concentrations, broadly reflecting historical trends in atmospheric Hg pollution. However, short-term (high-frequency) variability in tree-ring Hg concentrations remaining after detrending was associated with other factors. A positive correlation between water content and Hg concentrations suggested that a fraction of the Hg was retained in xylem sap. In European larch heartwood, Hg concentrations correlated positively with tree-ring width, likely due to heartwood formation processes. In Douglas fir, a positive correlation between August-September precipitation and tree-ring Hg suggested that this tree species’ isohydric behaviour affected Hg uptake. These findings indicated that while tree-ring Hg concentrations can serve as proxies for historical atmospheric Hg pollution, other factors, such as tree-ring width, water content, and late-summer precipitation, may modulate the signal and should be considered in dendrochemical Hg reconstructions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126370"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Benchmarking Blue Intensity from drought limited Pinus sylvestris using tree-ring anatomy","authors":"Kristina Seftigen ,&nbsp;Georg von Arx ,&nbsp;Marina V. Fonti ,&nbsp;Jesper Björklund","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126367","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126367","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Robust, high-resolution proxy information on hydroclimate is critical for understanding the recent European drying in the context of natural variability. This is particularly true for Fennoscandia and the surrounding northern high latitude regions, where such records are scarce, and little is known about the physical drivers of these rare events. Recently, the potential of tree-ring Blue Intensity (BI) of <em>Pinus sylvestris</em> L. from cool drought-prone sites has emerged as a source of high-resolution hydroclimate information. Limitations to these proxies may however be linked to the analytical measurement resolution of the technique as well as potential color-related biases caused by the heartwood-sapwood transition and decay-associated discoloration of the tree-ring samples. These proxy uncertainties need to be addressed before the methodology can be used more systematically in the context of hydroclimate reconstructions. Here, we evaluate the reliability of BI tree-ring parameters, specifically regarding their ability to accurately track both low-frequency variations as well as hydroclimate extremes. This is accomplished by benchmarking these parameters against newly developed quantitative wood anatomical (QWA) data from <em>Pinus sylvestris</em> trees in southeast of Sweden. The ΔBI parameter shows a high similarity to its QWA analogue across scales ranging from interannual to centennial, suggesting that the Δ conversion efficiently overcomes the long-term trend biases seen in the raw BI data. The earlywood and latewood BI parameters record largely the same strong spring-summer precipitation signal, together explaining over 50 % of the variance in May-July precipitation, as do their QWA counterparts. However, both BI and QWA show a pronounced asymmetric response to precipitation extremes such that dry extremes are captured better than the wet extremes. This dry-biased extreme value capture needs careful consideration in future reconstruction efforts. We conclude that tree-ring BI holds significant potential for contributing to regional reconstructions, especially given the untapped opportunities to utilize the region’s extensive collection of historical pine material for paleoclimate research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126367"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Varying climate signals embedded in latewood blue intensity along an elevational gradient: A multi-species case study from the Great Basin, Nevada, USA","authors":"Karen E. King ,&nbsp;Edward R. Cook ,&nbsp;Paul J. Krusic ,&nbsp;Daniel J. King","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126366","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126366","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As blue intensity (BI) methods are increasingly employed to generate temperature-sensitive tree-ring records around the globe, the influence of intra-site variation in elevation on climate-growth relationships for BI parameters remains largely unresolved. Here, we develop six latewood blue intensity (LWBI) chronologies along an elevational gradient for two montane conifer species, <em>Abies concolor</em> var. <em>concolor</em> (Gordon &amp; Glend.) Lindl. Ex Hilderb and <em>Picea engelmannii</em> Parry ex Engelm., growing in the arid southwestern United States. In this first documented study to examine the climate response of LWBI from <em>A. concolor</em>, we find positive, significant (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.05) correlations between the LWBI chronology from the highest elevation plot and spring–summer temperatures (April–August, <em>r</em> &gt; 0.46). Moreover, the positive temperature response of <em>A. concolor</em> is generally stronger and more temporally stable than for <em>P. engelmannii</em> across varying seasonal windows. In comparing the differences in climate response across species and elevation, we document distinct clinal relationships between the temperature response of LWBI for <em>A. concolor</em>, where both the strength and temporal stability of the positive temperature signal increases with elevation. Meanwhile, the mid-elevation <em>P. engelmannii</em> demonstrate the highest climate sensitivity. As such, our findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of how elevation influences the type and strength of the climatic information embedded within the LWBI parameter from arid, montane conifers growing near their historical range margins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aspects of different growth responses of coniferous and broadleaved tree species in landslide research","authors":"Karel Šilhán","doi":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126368","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126368","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the differing responses of two tree species, <em>P. abies</em> and <em>F. sylvatica</em>, to landslide movements and their subsequent effects on landslide chronologies. These are the two most commonly used tree species in dendrogeomorphic landslide research in Central Europe and their combination is generally recommended. However, their specific effect on the resulting chronology is not yet taken into account although they are two quite different species. The research was conducted on 220 individuals of both species located in the Girová landslide area (Outer Western Carpathians), with a focus on the catastrophic event of May 2010. The study sought to understand how these species contribute to dendrogeomorphic reconstructions of landslide events, particularly by analyzing their growth responses and the frequency of growth disturbances (GDs) such as compression and tension wood. The results revealed significant differences in how <em>P. abies</em> and <em>F. sylvatica</em> responded to landslide activity. <em>P. abies</em> showed a higher frequency of GDs (compression wood), but exhibited greater inertia in its physiological response, potentially masking high-frequency landslide events. In contrast, <em>F. sylvatica</em> produced fewer GDs (tension wood), yet its response to landslides was more immediate and efficient, with 100 % intensity in tension wood formation, which helped create a minimum-noise chronology despite fewer identified events. The study highlights the advantages and limitations of both species in dendrogeomorphic research. While <em>P. abies</em> contributes more frequently to detecting landslide events, the inertia in compression wood formation can complicate the interpretation of rapid landslide movements. On the other hand, <em>F. sylvatica</em>, though less responsive in terms of GDs, provides a clearer and more precise landslide chronology. Future research should explore the physiological factors behind these species' different responses to enhance the accuracy of dendrogeomorphic reconstructions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50595,"journal":{"name":"Dendrochronologia","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 126368"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144138633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}