Latin American Dendroecology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Ecological Drivers of Tree Radial Growth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Dendroecology as a Research Tool to Investigate Climate Change Resilience on Magnolia vovidesii, a Threatened Mexican Cloud Forest Tree Species of Eastern Mexico

      • Ernesto Chanes Rodríguez-Ramírez, Isolda Luna-Vega

      Pages 3-20

   3. How Drought Drives Seasonal Radial Growth in Pinus strobiformis from Northern Mexico

      • Andrea Cecilia Acosta-Hernández, Marín Pompa-García, Marcos González-Cásares, José Manuel Zúñiga-Vásquez, José Ciro Hernández-Díaz, José Rodolfo Goche-Telles et al.

      Pages 21-36

   4. Dendroecological Studies with Cedrela odorata L., Northeastern Brazil

      • Claudio Sergio Lisi, Mariana Alves Pagotto, Claudio Roberto Anholetto Jr., Francisco Carvalho Nogueira Jr., Helberson Lima Santos, Clayane Matos Costa et al.

      Pages 37-59

   5. Responses of Growth to Climate and Drought in Two Sympatric Mexican Pine Species

      • Marcos González-Cásares, Andrea Cecilia Acosta-Hernández, José Manuel Zúñiga-Vásquez, Gerardo Herrera-Soto, J. Julio Camarero

      Pages 61-75

3. Dendroecology in Neotropical Regions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Dendrochronological Potential of Trees from America’s Rainiest Region

      • Jorge A. Giraldo, Jorge I. del Valle, Carlos A. Sierra, Omar Melo

      Pages 79-119

   3. Dendroecology of Prosopis Species in the World: Secular Traces of Natural and Anthropic Events and Their Effects on Prosopis Growth

      • Maria Laura Cangiano, Maria Alicia Cendoya, Lucía Verónica Risio-Allione, Stella Marys Bogino

      Pages 121-140

   4. How Past and Future Climate and Drought Drive Radial-Growth Variability of Three Tree Species in a Bolivian Tropical Dry Forest

      • J. Julio Camarero, Hooz A. Mendivelso, Raúl Sánchez-Salguero

      Pages 141-167

4. Forest Dynamics, Climate and Disturbances

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Forest Dynamics in the Argentinean Patagonian Andes: Lessons Learned from Dendroecology

      • Ana M. Srur, Mariano M. Amoroso, Ignacio Mundo, Mariano S. Morales, Milagros Rodríguez-Catón, Valeria Aschero et al.

      Pages 171-201

   3. Dendroecological Potential of Juniperus deppeana in Northern Mexico

      • Julián Cerano-Paredes, Iván Molina-Pérez, Gerardo Esquivel-Arriaga, Rosalinda Cervantes-Martínez, José Villanueva-Díaz, Osvaldo Franco-Ramos et al.

      Pages 203-223

   4. Patterns of Tree Establishment Following Glacier-Induced Floods in Southern Patagonia

      • Claudia M. Guerrido, Ricardo Villalba, Mariano M. Amoroso, Milagros Rodríguez-Catón

      Pages 225-246

   5. A Dendro-Spatial Analysis in Tree Growth Provides Insights into Forest Productivity

      • Marín Pompa-García, José Manuel Zúñiga-Vásquez, Eduardo Treviño-Garza

      Pages 247-262

   6. Temporal Growth Variation in High-Elevation Forests: Case Study of Polylepis Forests in Central Andes

      • Edilson J. Requena-Rojas, Doris B. Crispín-DelaCruz, Ginette Ticse-Otarola, Harold Rusbelth Quispe-Melgar, Janet G. Inga Guillen, Vladimir Camel Paucar et al.

      Pages 263-279

5. Forest Management and Conservation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281

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   2. Dendrochronological Study of the Xeric and Mesic Araucaria araucana Forests of Northern Patagonia: Implications for Ecology and Conservation

      • Martín Ariel Hadad, Julieta Gabriela Arco Molina, Fidel Alejandro Roig

      Pages 283-315

   3. Dendroecology Applied to Silvicultural Management in the Southern Patagonian Forests: A Case Study from an Experimental Forest in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

      • Ignacio A. Mundo, Dino A. Palazzini, Antonio J. Barotto, Guillermo J. Martínez-Pastur, Marcelo D. Barrera

      Pages 317-330

   4. Tree-Growth Variations of Nothofagus antarctica Related to Climate and Land Use Changes in Southern Patagonia, Argentina

      • Evangelina Soledad Vettese, Ricardo Villalba, Ivonne Alejandra Orellana Ibáñez, Pablo Luis Peri

      Pages 331-354

Latin America is a megadiverse territory hosting several hotspots of plant diversity and many types of forest biomes, ecosystems and climate types, from tropical rainforest to semi-arid woodlands. This combination of diverse forests and climates generates multiple responses to ecological changes affecting the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems. Recently, there have been major efforts to improve our understanding of such impacts on ecosystems processes. However, there is a dearth of studies focused on Latin-American forest ecosystems that could provide novel insights into the patterns and mechanisms of ecological processes in response to environmental stress. The abundance of “New World” tree species with dendrochronological potential constitutes an ideal opportunity to improve the ecological state of knowledge regarding these diverse forest types, which are often threatened by several impacts such as logging or conversion to agricultural lands. Thus, detailed information on the dendroecology of these species will improve our understanding of forests in the face of global change. Accordingly, this book identifies numerous relevant ecological processes and scales, ranging from tree species to populations and communities, and from both dendrochronological and dendroecological perspectives. It offers a valuable reference guide for the exploration of long-term ecological interactions between trees and their environmental conditions, and will foster further research and international projects on the continent and elsewhere.

• Growth rings
• Magnolia vovidesii
• climate change
• Cedrela odorata
• xylem
• Dendrochronology
• Neotropic
• fire ecology
• Tree Biology
• Wood Science and Technology
• Forestry Management

• Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, Mexico

  Marín Pompa-García

• Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain

  J. Julio Camarero

Dr. Marín Pompa-García is a Professor-Researcher of the Faculty of Forestry Sciences of the UJED and leads the Dendroecology Network in Mexico. His research interests include geospatial analysis and ecology of forestry ecosystems, particularly through the use of tree-ring analysis. This scientific knowledge has been developed with projects funded by external institutions and disseminated through scientific publications. In addition to students, a range of national and international research groups participate in these projects and this collaborative effort has facilitated several academic placements abroad. Dr. Pompa-García is a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico and has twice been awarded the Durango State Prize for science, technology and innovation.

Dr. J. Julio (Chechu) Camarero is a researcher at the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain. He leads the dendroecology and forest ecology group at the CSIC, where he has established both national and international collaborative networks. An expert on dendroecology and forest ecology, his main research interests include understanding the growth, mortality and recruitment patterns in woody plant communities, particularly forests. He has published more than 250 SCI papers and several book chapters, chiefly in the areas of: forest dieback, treeline dynamics, tree responses to biotic stressors (defoliating insects, fungal pathogens) and xylogenesis (phenology of radial growth). 

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