PSIEE - Summer temperature variability, drought and the Atlas cedar: a tree-ring δ13C based multi-centennial record in northwestern Africa
Research Team: Soumaya Belmcheri, Matthew Hurteau, Lee Newsome
Objectives: The objectives of this research are to identify conditions that trigger mass mortality in response to drought in the Atlas cedar forests of Algeria. By developing tree-ring chronologies and using annually-resolved stable isotope measurements, we are reconstructing summer temperature and water use efficiency in an effort to isolate the effects of drought along a north-south latitudinal gradient.
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Research Team: Soumaya Belmcheri, Matthew Hurteau, Lee Newsome
Objectives: The objectives of this research are to identify conditions that trigger mass mortality in response to drought in the Atlas cedar forests of Algeria. By developing tree-ring chronologies and using annually-resolved stable isotope measurements, we are reconstructing summer temperature and water use efficiency in an effort to isolate the effects of drought along a north-south latitudinal gradient.
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