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: Received: 28 December 2020 / Approved: 30 December 2020 / Online: 30 December 2020 (09:05:44 CET)
How to cite:
Sánchez, O.D.; Mendoza, M.E.; Carlón-Allende, T.; Villanueva-Díaz, J. Dendroclimatology in Latin America, State of the Art and Contributions for Understanding Climate Variation. Preprints2020, 2020120748. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0748.v1
Sánchez, O.D.; Mendoza, M.E.; Carlón-Allende, T.; Villanueva-Díaz, J. Dendroclimatology in Latin America, State of the Art and Contributions for Understanding Climate Variation. Preprints 2020, 2020120748. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0748.v1
Sánchez, O.D.; Mendoza, M.E.; Carlón-Allende, T.; Villanueva-Díaz, J. Dendroclimatology in Latin America, State of the Art and Contributions for Understanding Climate Variation. Preprints2020, 2020120748. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0748.v1
APA Style
Sánchez, O.D., Mendoza, M.E., Carlón-Allende, T., & Villanueva-Díaz, J. (2020). Dendroclimatology in Latin America, State of the Art and Contributions for Understanding Climate Variation. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0748.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Sánchez, O.D., Teodoro Carlón-Allende and José Villanueva-Díaz. 2020 "Dendroclimatology in Latin America, State of the Art and Contributions for Understanding Climate Variation" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202012.0748.v1
Abstract
Dendroclimatology has gained relevance during the XXI century. We analyze the state of-the-art of dendroclimatology in Latin America during the past 28 years (1990 to 2019), identifying the current state and recent advances in the application of dendroclimatology in this region. We carried out a systematic review in ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus databases using Boolean operators to logically connect the keywords “dendrochronology,” “dendroclimatology,” “trend,” “climatic variability,” and “climatic variability trend”, for each country. Dendroclimatological research conducted in the region focused on climatic reconstruction and the evaluation of new tree species with dendrochronological potential, which increase in 2010, then there was a gap between 1995 and 1996, later increase to present. Dendroclimatological studies in Latin America have been mainly developed in temperate climate zones (82.4 %) followed by tropical or subtropical areas (17.6 %). Dendroclimatological research in Latin America has provided advances in the study of climate variability by defining response functions of tree rings to climate. The generated information allows for a better understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of climatic variability and about its effects on ecosystems and society. We also call for increased dendroclimatological research based on subtropical and tropical forests limited studied until today.
Keywords
Latin America; tree ring analyses; dendrochronology; climatic trends; climate variability; review
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
15 January 2021
Commenter:
Christine Lucas
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Comment:
Dear authors of the Review Paper:
Dendrochronology in Latin America, state of the art and contributions for understanding climate variation.
In this review, our pioneer study in dendroclimatology in Uruguay published in 2018 is not included. Please add this paper to your review and site locations (2 sites) to your Map in Figure 5 as it fills an important geographical gap for dendroclimatology in South America.
Citation:
Lucas, C., Puchi, P., Profumo, L., Ferreira, A. and Muñoz, A., 2018. Effect of climate on tree growth in the Pampa biome of Southeastern South America: First tree-ring chronologies from Uruguay. Dendrochronologia, 52, pp.113-122.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1125786518300249
Sincerely,
Dra. Christine Lucas
clucas@cup.edu.uy
Universidad de la Republica
Uruguay
Commenter: Christine Lucas
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Dendrochronology in Latin America, state of the art and contributions for understanding climate variation.
In this review, our pioneer study in dendroclimatology in Uruguay published in 2018 is not included. Please add this paper to your review and site locations (2 sites) to your Map in Figure 5 as it fills an important geographical gap for dendroclimatology in South America.
Citation:
Lucas, C., Puchi, P., Profumo, L., Ferreira, A. and Muñoz, A., 2018. Effect of climate on tree growth in the Pampa biome of Southeastern South America: First tree-ring chronologies from Uruguay. Dendrochronologia, 52, pp.113-122.
Link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1125786518300249
Sincerely,
Dra. Christine Lucas
clucas@cup.edu.uy
Universidad de la Republica
Uruguay