TRACE Vol. 2 (2003)

CONTENTS

SECTION 1 ECOLOGY

A. Bräuning: Tree-ring studies in the Dolpo-Himalya (western Nepal)	8
H. Gärtner and O.U. Bräker: Roots - the hidden key players in estimating the potential of Swiss forests to act as carbon sinks	13
M. Wegst and A. Bräuning: Dendroecological analysis of vegetation dynamics on abandoned heath lands in the Svabian Jura, southern Germany	19

SECTION 2 GEOMORPHOLOGY

M. Bollschweiler and M. Ehmisch: Past debris-flow activity from tree-ring analysis at the Bruchji torrent, Valais, Switzerland	26
F. Gussenstätter and A. Bräuning: Changes in growth rates and wood anatomy of broad-leaved and coniferous tree species after a landslide event in the Remstal Valley (Southern Germany)	31
E. Weiss and T. Wils: Tree rings and geomorphological processes in a mountainous region (French Alps)	36

SECTION 3 CLIMATOLOGY

J. Block, V.N. Magda and E.A. Vaganov: Temporal and spatial variability of tree-growth in mountain forest steppe in Central Asia	46
D. Frank, J. Esper, U. Büntgen and K. Treydte: The first principal component of a high-elevation ring-width network from the western and central Alps	54
B. Neuwirth and M. Winiger: NAO and Tree Rings - a dendroclimatological network analyses of Central European chronologies	58
U. Sass-Klaassen: Exploring oaks in modern wetland woods in Europe to trace the climate signal in tree-ring series of sub-fossil bog oaks	67
U. Treter and J. Block: Frost-ring distribution at the upper tree line in Mongolia	73
A. Verstege, J. Esper, B. Neuwirth, M. Alifriqui and D. Frank: On the potential of cedar forest in the Middle Atlas (Morocco) for climate reconstructions	78
U. Büntgen, J. Esper, M. Schmidhalter, D. Frank, K. Treydte, B. Neuwirth and M. Winiger: Using recent and historical larch wood to build a 1300-year Valais-chronology	85

SECTION 4 ISOTOPES AND CLIMATE

I. Poole, U. Sass-Klaassen, T. Wils, G. Helle, G. H. Schleser and P.F. van Bergen: The use of stable-isotope dendrochronology for environmental interpretations from tree-ring patterns in sub-fossil bog oaks	94
K. Treydte, C. Welscher, G.H. Schleser, G. Helle, J. Esper, M. Winiger, D. Frank and U. Buentgen: The climatic signal in oxygen isotopes of junipers at the lower timberline in the Karakorum, Pakistan	100
G. Helle, K. Treydte & A. Verheyden: Tropical Swietenia macrophylla wood reveals a systematic recurring carbon isotope pattern	107

SECTION 5 PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTS

U. Sass-Klaassen, M. Kooistra, L. Kooistra, E. Hanraets, P. van Rijn and H.-H Leuschner: How did bog oaks grow? Excavation of a past woodland at Zwolle-Stadshagen, The Netherlands

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SECTION 6 CULTURAL HERITAGE

N.BIeicher: Great efforts on small woods. Analysis of short ring-series from the neolithic lake-shore settlement of Homstaad-Hornle I A	118
S. van Daalen & J. van der Beek: Dendroprovenancing ship's timbers. A pilot study on a Dutch 18th century 'ventjager'	123
E. Jansma and E. Hanraets: Dating Flanders - towards a Flemish tree-ring chronology of oak	131
E. Jansma, E. Hanraets and T. Vernimmen: Tree-ring research on Dutch and Flemish art and furniture	139
T. Vernimmen and U. Sass-Klaassen: The role of dendrochronology in the protection of cultural heritage in The Netherlands	147

SECTION 7 NEW APPLICATIONS

R. Witbaard, E. Jansma and U. Sass-Klaassen: Malacochronology - the application of dendrochronological methods on marine bivalve (shell) growth

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