Dendroclimatology in Latin America: A Review of the State of the Art

The application of dendrochronology for understanding climatic variations has been of great interest to climatologists, ecologists, geographers, archeologists, among other sciences, particularly in recent decades when more dendrochronological studies have been developed. We analyzed and identified t...

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Published in:Atmosphere 2022-05, Vol.13 (5), p.748
Main Authors: Sánchez-Calderón, Oscar David, Carlón-Allende, Teodoro, Mendoza, Manuel E., Villanueva-Díaz, José
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Centuries
Climate
Climate variability
Climate variations
climatic trends
Coniferous trees
Dendrochronology
Dendroclimatology
Ecologists
Identification
Isotopes
Meteorologists
Precipitation
Response functions
Science
State-of-the-art reviews
Temperate climates
Tree rings
tree-ring analyses
Tropical climate
Tropical climates
Tropical forests
Variability
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Summary:The application of dendrochronology for understanding climatic variations has been of great interest to climatologists, ecologists, geographers, archeologists, among other sciences, particularly in recent decades when more dendrochronological studies have been developed. We analyzed and identified the current state and recent advances in dendroclimatology in Latin America for the period 1990 to 2020. We carried out reviews in ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus databases with the keywords “dendrochronology”, “dendroclimatology”, “dendrochronology and climatic variability”, “dendroclimatology and climatic variability”, “dendrochronology and trend”, and “dendroclimatology and trend” for each Latin American country. Results show that dendroclimatological research in the last 11 years has increased and has been mainly developed in temperate climate zones (83%) and tropical or subtropical areas (17%), where conifer species have been the most used with over 59% of the studies. However, broadleaf species for dendrochronological studies have also increased in the last decade. Dendroclimatological research in Latin America has provided important advances in the study of climatic variability by defining the response functions of tree-rings to climate and developing climatic reconstructions. Our research identified areas where it is necessary to increase dendroclimatic studies (e.g., dry and tropical forests), in addition to applying new techniques such as isotope analysis, blue intensity, dendrochemistry, among other tree-ring applications.
ISSN:2073-4433
2073-4433
DOI:10.3390/atmos13050748