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The forest’s black box: Mapping climate stress in tree rings
Can trees record their own struggle for growth and survival? Measurements taken using high-resolution laser technology suggest that European conifers can act as biological “black boxes”. These intra-annual measurements of carbon isotopes in tree rings provide information about how trees respond to drought stress.
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Sophie Valeria Graf
Dep. Umweltsystemwissenschaften
Universitätstrasse 16
8092
Zürich
Switzerland