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Dendroecological Potential of Juniperus deppeana in Northern Mexico

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The species Juniperus deppeana is widely distributed throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental, northern Mexico, and no studies have been conducted to determine its dendroclimatic potential. This study in intended to answer the following questions. Is it possible to date annual growth of J. deppeana and develop tree-ring series? What is the most important climate variable that limits its growth? Do its growth rings have the potential to reconstruct climatic variables? A total of 31 cross-sections were collected, 84% from standing dead trees and stumps and 16% from live trees. The samples were dated based on standard dendrochronological techniques. Of the samples collected (25 cross-sections), 80% were dated giving a total of 51 growth series. Significant correlation (r = 0.51, p < 0.01) among series was determined. Chronologies of the total ring width, earlywood, and latewood were generated for a period of 223 years (1793–2015). The chronologies of total ring width and earlywood constitute an excellent proxy for reconstructing the variability of yearly and seasonal precipitation (January–July, r = 0.56; p < 0.01). Moreover, high temperatures from January through April showed greater relation with the ring width (r = − 0.38; p < 0.01). Ring growth of J. deppeana possesses the quality to be used as an indirect source for reconstruction of climatic variability and ecological studies in northern Mexico.

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Acknowledgments

We thank all the personnel that contributed to this study in the field and laboratory. This research was funded by the CONAFOR-CONACYT fund, registration number CONAFOR-2014, C01-234547.

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  1. INIFAP CENID-RASPA, km. 6,5 Margen Derecha del Canal Sacramento, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico

    Julián Cerano-Paredes, Iván Molina-Pérez, Gerardo Esquivel-Arriaga, Rosalinda Cervantes-Martínez & José Villanueva-Díaz

  2. Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico, Mexico

    Osvaldo Franco-Ramos

  3. Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Departamento Forestal, Calzada Antonio Narro, Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

    Jorge Méndez-González

  4. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Av. de las Ciencias s/n, delegación Santa Rosa Juregui, Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico

    Víctor Hugo Cambrón-Sandoval

  5. Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Avenida Universidad S/N, Fraccionamiento Filadelfia, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico

    Gabriel Fernando Cardoza-Martínez

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Cerano-Paredes, J. et al. (2020). Dendroecological Potential of Juniperus deppeana in Northern Mexico. In: Pompa-García, M., Camarero, J. (eds) Latin American Dendroecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36930-9_9

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