Université de Fribourg

Changes in wood anatomy in tree rings of Pinus pinaster Ait. following wounding by flash floods

Ballesteros, J.A. ; Stoffel, Markus ; Bodoque, J.M. ; Bollschweiler, Michelle ; Hitz, Oliver ; Díez-Herrero, A.

In: Tree-Ring Research, 2010, vol. 66, no. 2, p. 93-103

This paper analyzes the anatomical response of Pinus pinaster Ait. following wounding by flash floods. A total of 14 wood samples were taken from 14 different scarred trees located on the river banks of the Arroyo Cabrera torrent (Spanish Central System). In addition, 20 increment cores were collected from undisturbed and healthy P. pinaster trees to build a local reference chronology. For the...

Université de Fribourg

A review of studies dealing with tree rings and rockfall activity : the role of dendrogeomorphology in natural hazard research

Stoffel, Markus

In: Natural Hazards, 2006, vol. 39, no. 1, p. 51-70

Over the last few years, rockfall research has increasingly focused on hazard assessment and risk analysis. Input data on past rockfall activity were gathered from historical archives and lichenometric studies or were obtained through frequency– volume statistics. However, historical records are generally scarce, and lichenometry may only yield data with relatively low resolutions. On...