831124 Dendrochronology
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Grabner, Michael
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2023/24
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Biological basis of tree ring formation, principles of dendrochronology (crossdating, uniformitarian principle, principle of site selection, principle of replication), statistics, applications of tree ring studies: dendroclimatology (climate-growth, climate reconstruction), dendroecology (tree rings and environmental factors), dendroarchaeology (dating historical constructions and wood). This lecture offers also hands-on experience including skeletton technique, use of computer software for time-series statistics, climate-growth correlations. Examples from own research are presented and discussed.
- Previous knowledge expected
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Botany
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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This lecture is an introduction to tree ring analysis in its full interdisciplinarity. Basic knowledge, practical applications as well as limitations of tree-ring studies are discussed in detail.
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