A Guarneri violin in the attic: the power of dendrochronology for analysing musical instruments [PDF]
Heritage Science, 2021 Dendrochronology is the science that dates wooden artefacts by measuring annual growth rings visible in the wood. And, in the case of musical instruments, the method is non-invasive.
Mauro Bernabei
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Spatial assessment of ecological health of riverine forest ecosystem using Floristic Quality Index [PDF]
Scientific ReportsField based ecological studies are efficient tools enabling decision makers to keep an eye on the health of forest ecosystem especially under anthropogenic stress.
Saima Khalid +4 more
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Timber trade in 17th-century Europe: different wood sources for artworks of Flemish painters [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe former Spanish Netherlands experienced a period of social, cultural and economic prosperity in the seventeenth century, with Antwerp as its most important commercial and artistic centre.
Andrea Seim +10 more
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Comparative Microstructural Evaluation of Wood in Three Dominant Ziziphus Species of Desert Ecosystem (Cholistan), Pakistan [PDF]
ScientificaThe present microstructural evaluation was carried out on the woods of three ethnobotanically important local fruit trees, namely, Ziziphus mauritiana Lam., Z. spina-christi (L.) Willd., and Z.
Muhammad Bilal +12 more
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Provenancing 16th and 17th century CE building timbers in Denmark-combining dendroprovenance and Sr isotopic analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Dendrochronology (tree-ring analysis) allows us to precisely date and identify the origin of timber from historic contexts. However, reference datasets to determine the origin can include timber of non-local origin. Therefore, we have applied Sr isotopic
Alicia Van Ham-Meert, Aoife Daly
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China’s growing relevance in dendrochronology and paleoclimatology [PDF]
npj Climate ActionChina’s academic achievements are often considered reproductions by occidental scholars. Conversely, the country’s first dendrochronological studies began almost as early as those in Europe and America.
Linlin Gao +3 more
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Dendrochronology and genetic diversity through climate change: A critical review of sweet chestnut [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe management of forest ecosystems is inextricably related to the evolution of climate change due to the strong interaction between them. According to this assumption, sweet chestnut forest management strategies as well as carbon estimation are analyzed
Vlachou M. +3 more
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Ecological evaluation of dominant roadside plants through APTI and API for sustainable green belt development in cosmopolitan city (Lahore) of Pakistan [PDF]
Scientific ReportsKeeping in view the potential role of plants in pollution abatement, reclamation of urban forest cover and carbon sequestration, fifteen (15) plant species growing along 7 busiest roads in the city of Lahore were ecologically evaluated using analytical ...
Aneela Rasool +11 more
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Dendrochronology vs. dating of complex stratigraphic sequences
Archeologické Rozhledy, 2019 The aim of the paper is to evaluate the usefulness of dendrochronological analyses in studying complex stratigraphic sequences. The problem is discussed based on the example of Wrocław, the main town of historic Silesia, where the thickness of medieval ...
Marek Krąpiec, Jerzy Piekalski
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Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2022 Dendrochronological potential of conifers from Ayubia National Park, Pakistan was determined. A total of four conifer species (Abies pindrow (Royle ex D. Don), Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D. Don), Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks.
Amir ALI +6 more
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