Response of floodplain pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) tree-ring width and vessel anatomy to climatic trends and extreme hydroclimatic events

Abstract

Recent trends in growth of floodplain trees follow trends in temperature..

Tree-ring width of lowland reference trees is limited by drought stress.. Earlywood conduit size increases with recently increasing temperature..

Total vessel area positively correlates with previous growing season temperature.. Vessel density has stronger temperature signal of current year than tree-ring width.

Keywords

• Climate change
• Dendrochronology
• Drought
• Flood
• Vessel lumen area
• Wood anatomy