The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research
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Issued Date
2025-05-01
Resource Type
ISSN
02773791
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85219740566
Journal Title
Quaternary Science Reviews
Volume
355
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Quaternary Science Reviews Vol.355 (2025)
Suggested Citation
Groenendijk P., Babst F., Trouet V., Fan Z.X., Granato-Souza D., Locosselli G.M., Mokria M., Panthi S., Pumijumnong N., Abiyu A., Acuña-Soto R., Adenesky-Filho E., Alfaro-Sánchez R., Anholetto Junior C.R., Aragão J.R.V., Assis-Pereira G., Astudillo-Sánchez C.C., Carolina Barbosa A., Barreto N.d.O., Battipaglia G., Beeckman H., Botosso P.C., Bourland N., Bräuning A., Brienen R., Brookhouse M., Buajan S., Buckley B.M., Camarero J.J., Carrillo-Parra A., Ceccantini G., Centeno-Erguera L.R., Cerano-Paredes J., Cervantes-Martínez R., Chanthorn W., Chen Y.J., Cintra B.B.L., Cornejo-Oviedo E.H., Cortés-Cortés O., Costa C.M., Couralet C., Crispin-DelaCruz D.B., D'Arrigo R., David D.A., De Ridder M., Del Valle J.I., Díaz-Carrillo O.A., Dobner M., Doucet J.L., Dünisch O., Enquist B.J., Esemann-Quadros K., Esquivel-Arriaga G., Fayolle A., Fenilli T.A.B., Ferrero M.E., Fichtler E., Finnegan P.M., Fontana C., Francisco K.S., Fu P.L., Galvão F., Gebrekirstos A., Giraldo J.A., Gloor E., Godoy-Veiga M., Guerra A., Haneca K., Harley G.L., Heinrich I., Helle G., Hernández-Díaz J.C., Hornink B., Hubau W., Inga J.G., Islam M., Jiang Y.m., Kaib M., Hassan Khamisi Z., Koprowski M., Layme E., Leffler A.J., Ligot G., Lisi C.S., Loader N.J., Lobo F.d.A., Longhi-Santos T., Lopez L., López-Hernández M.I., Lousada J.L.P.C., Manzanedo R.D., Marcon A.K., Maxwell J.T., Mendivelso H.A., Mendoza-Villa O.N., Menezes Í.R.N., Montóia V.R., Moors E., Moreno M., Muñiz-Castro M.A. The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research. Quaternary Science Reviews Vol.355 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109233 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/106670
Title
The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research
Author(s)
Groenendijk P.
Babst F.
Trouet V.
Fan Z.X.
Granato-Souza D.
Locosselli G.M.
Mokria M.
Panthi S.
Pumijumnong N.
Abiyu A.
Acuña-Soto R.
Adenesky-Filho E.
Alfaro-Sánchez R.
Anholetto Junior C.R.
Aragão J.R.V.
Assis-Pereira G.
Astudillo-Sánchez C.C.
Carolina Barbosa A.
Barreto N.d.O.
Battipaglia G.
Beeckman H.
Botosso P.C.
Bourland N.
Bräuning A.
Brienen R.
Brookhouse M.
Buajan S.
Buckley B.M.
Camarero J.J.
Carrillo-Parra A.
Ceccantini G.
Centeno-Erguera L.R.
Cerano-Paredes J.
Cervantes-Martínez R.
Chanthorn W.
Chen Y.J.
Cintra B.B.L.
Cornejo-Oviedo E.H.
Cortés-Cortés O.
Costa C.M.
Couralet C.
Crispin-DelaCruz D.B.
D'Arrigo R.
David D.A.
De Ridder M.
Del Valle J.I.
Díaz-Carrillo O.A.
Dobner M.
Doucet J.L.
Dünisch O.
Enquist B.J.
Esemann-Quadros K.
Esquivel-Arriaga G.
Fayolle A.
Fenilli T.A.B.
Ferrero M.E.
Fichtler E.
Finnegan P.M.
Fontana C.
Francisco K.S.
Fu P.L.
Galvão F.
Gebrekirstos A.
Giraldo J.A.
Gloor E.
Godoy-Veiga M.
Guerra A.
Haneca K.
Harley G.L.
Heinrich I.
Helle G.
Hernández-Díaz J.C.
Hornink B.
Hubau W.
Inga J.G.
Islam M.
Jiang Y.m.
Kaib M.
Hassan Khamisi Z.
Koprowski M.
Layme E.
Leffler A.J.
Ligot G.
Lisi C.S.
Loader N.J.
Lobo F.d.A.
Longhi-Santos T.
Lopez L.
López-Hernández M.I.
Lousada J.L.P.C.
Manzanedo R.D.
Marcon A.K.
Maxwell J.T.
Mendivelso H.A.
Mendoza-Villa O.N.
Menezes Í.R.N.
Montóia V.R.
Moors E.
Moreno M.
Muñiz-Castro M.A.
Babst F.
Trouet V.
Fan Z.X.
Granato-Souza D.
Locosselli G.M.
Mokria M.
Panthi S.
Pumijumnong N.
Abiyu A.
Acuña-Soto R.
Adenesky-Filho E.
Alfaro-Sánchez R.
Anholetto Junior C.R.
Aragão J.R.V.
Assis-Pereira G.
Astudillo-Sánchez C.C.
Carolina Barbosa A.
Barreto N.d.O.
Battipaglia G.
Beeckman H.
Botosso P.C.
Bourland N.
Bräuning A.
Brienen R.
Brookhouse M.
Buajan S.
Buckley B.M.
Camarero J.J.
Carrillo-Parra A.
Ceccantini G.
Centeno-Erguera L.R.
Cerano-Paredes J.
Cervantes-Martínez R.
Chanthorn W.
Chen Y.J.
Cintra B.B.L.
Cornejo-Oviedo E.H.
Cortés-Cortés O.
Costa C.M.
Couralet C.
Crispin-DelaCruz D.B.
D'Arrigo R.
David D.A.
De Ridder M.
Del Valle J.I.
Díaz-Carrillo O.A.
Dobner M.
Doucet J.L.
Dünisch O.
Enquist B.J.
Esemann-Quadros K.
Esquivel-Arriaga G.
Fayolle A.
Fenilli T.A.B.
Ferrero M.E.
Fichtler E.
Finnegan P.M.
Fontana C.
Francisco K.S.
Fu P.L.
Galvão F.
Gebrekirstos A.
Giraldo J.A.
Gloor E.
Godoy-Veiga M.
Guerra A.
Haneca K.
Harley G.L.
Heinrich I.
Helle G.
Hernández-Díaz J.C.
Hornink B.
Hubau W.
Inga J.G.
Islam M.
Jiang Y.m.
Kaib M.
Hassan Khamisi Z.
Koprowski M.
Layme E.
Leffler A.J.
Ligot G.
Lisi C.S.
Loader N.J.
Lobo F.d.A.
Longhi-Santos T.
Lopez L.
López-Hernández M.I.
Lousada J.L.P.C.
Manzanedo R.D.
Marcon A.K.
Maxwell J.T.
Mendivelso H.A.
Mendoza-Villa O.N.
Menezes Í.R.N.
Montóia V.R.
Moors E.
Moreno M.
Muñiz-Castro M.A.
Author's Affiliation
IPA – Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais
Forêts et Sociétés
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
College of Science
Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá
Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas
Tecnológico de Antioquia, Institución Universitaria
Universidad Continental
Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University
The Fenner School of Environment & Society
Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin
World Agroforestry Centre
University of Idaho
Universiteit Gent
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
The University of Western Australia
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Northern Forestry Centre
Santa Fe Institute
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
ETH Zürich
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Kasetsart University
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Indiana University Bloomington
University of Bern
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
University of Birmingham
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
Universidade da Regiao de Joinville
Washington State University Pullman
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias
Universidade Federal de Lavras
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Universidade Regional de Blumenau
Universidade Federal do Parana
South Dakota State University
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Centro Científico Tecnológico, Mendoza
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Leeds
CSIC - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE)
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
The University of Arizona
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa
Universidad de Guadalajara
Alabama A and M University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Universidade de São Paulo
Swansea University
Université Fédérale de Sergipe
USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro
Université de Liège
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Wilfrid Laurier University
Belgian Climate Centre
Master School for Carpentry and Cabinetmaking
Flanders Heritage Agency
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Forêts et Sociétés
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
College of Science
Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá
Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas
Tecnológico de Antioquia, Institución Universitaria
Universidad Continental
Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University
The Fenner School of Environment & Society
Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin
World Agroforestry Centre
University of Idaho
Universiteit Gent
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
The University of Western Australia
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Northern Forestry Centre
Santa Fe Institute
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
ETH Zürich
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Kasetsart University
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Indiana University Bloomington
University of Bern
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
University of Birmingham
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
Universidade da Regiao de Joinville
Washington State University Pullman
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias
Universidade Federal de Lavras
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Universidade Regional de Blumenau
Universidade Federal do Parana
South Dakota State University
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Centro Científico Tecnológico, Mendoza
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Leeds
CSIC - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE)
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
The University of Arizona
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa
Universidad de Guadalajara
Alabama A and M University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Universidade de São Paulo
Swansea University
Université Fédérale de Sergipe
USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro
Université de Liège
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Wilfrid Laurier University
Belgian Climate Centre
Master School for Carpentry and Cabinetmaking
Flanders Heritage Agency
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Corresponding Author(s)
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Tropical forests and woodlands are key components of the global carbon and water cycles. Yet, how climate change affects these biogeochemical cycles is poorly understood because of scarce long-term observations of tropical tree growth. The recent rise in tropical tree-ring studies may help to fill this gap, but a large-scale quantitative analysis of their potential in global change research is missing. We compiled a list of all tropical tree species known to form annual tree rings and built a network encompassing 492 tropical ring-width chronologies to evaluate the potential to generate insights on climate sensitivity of woody productivity and to build centuries-long reconstructions of climate variability. We assess chronology quality, length, and climatic representativeness and explore how these change along climatic gradients. Finally, we applied species-distribution modeling to identify regions with potential for tree-ring studies in ecological and climatic studies. The number of tropical chronologies has rapidly increased, with ∼400 added over the past two decades. Yet, tree-ring studies are biased towards high-elevation locations, with gaps in warmer and wetter climates, on the African continent, and for angiosperm species. The longest chronologies with strongest climate signals (i.e., synchronous growth variations among trees) are from cool regions. In wet regions, climate signals and precipitation sensitivity decrease. Most tropical regions harbor 5–15 (and up to 80) species with proven potential to generate chronologies. The potential for long climate reconstructions is particularly high in drier high elevation sites. Our findings support strategies to effectively expand tree-ring research in the tropics, by targeting specific species and regions. Tropical dendrochronology can importantly contribute to global change research by generating historical context of climate extremes, quantifying climate sensitivity of woody productivity and benchmarking vegetation models.