Dendrosciences ¶

Head: PD Dr. Georg von Arx

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We use tree rings to investigate environmental impacts on tree growth and reconstruct past environmental changes. Our aim is to understand the underlying tree-physiological processes, particularly in relation to the water and carbon cycles. The spatio-temporal scale ranges from minutes to millennia and from cells to ecosystems around the globe. Our toolbox includes time series analysis of ring width, x-ray density, stable isotopes and wood cell anatomy. We aim to advance these tools through development of hardware, software and statistical methods.

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The aim of this project is to compare northern and southern hemispheres temperature histories over the past millennium using tree-ring anatomy data.

Quantitative Wood Anatomy is a novel proxy for understanding environmental conditions, but data-sharing is hindered by inadequate repositories. This project will create a flexible repository for wood cell data using open-source technologies to establish an interactive, user-friendly platform.

Our project, which proposes a novel approach (i.e., the use of virus-like particles), is key for the fundamental biological understanding of the transport and fate of nanoparticles in forest trees. Possible immediate applications include the development of new solutions for the nano-enabled foliar-a

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Dendrosciences ¶

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Reconciling inter-hemispheric proxy-model temperature inconsistencies during the past millennium by using tree-ring anatomy

ETH Domain ORD Program M1: Towards an Open and Fair International Tree-Ring database for intra-annual tree-ring data (Xcell)

Nanoparticle Trafficking in Trees Visualized by Virus-Like Particles