Prosopis L. woody growth in relation to hydrology in South America: A review |
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| Institution: | 1. Postgraduate Program PEDECIBA - BioloXgía, Universidad de la República, Uruguay;2. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina;3. Laboratorio de Dendrocronología, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Peru;4. Cátedra de Dasonomía, FCA-UNCuyo, Mendoza, Argentina;5. Departamento del Agua, CENUR Litoral Norte - Universidad de la República, Salto, Uruguay;6. Laboratorio de Dendrocronología y Estudios Ambientales, Instituto de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile;7. Centro de Acción Climática, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile;8. Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia CR2, Santiago, Chile;9. Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Antárticas y Subantárticas, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile;10. Centro Transdisciplinario de Estudios Ambientales y Desarrollo Humano Sostenible (CEAM), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile;11. Hémera Centro de Observación de la Tierra, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile;12. Laboratorio Ecología Fluvial, Depto. De Ciencias Biológicas, CENUR Litoral Norte - Universidad de la República, Uruguay;1. Laboratory for Wood Anatomy and Dendrochronology, Department of Geology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;2. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;3. Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;4. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;1. Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal;2. Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, E-50192 Zaragoza, Spain;3. Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain;4. Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon 1349-017, Portugal;5. Scuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università della Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy;6. Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy;1. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States;2. Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States;3. Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic;1. Laboratorio de Dendrocronología y Cambio Global, Instituto de Conservación Biodiversidad y Territorio, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile;2. Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Alimentarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile;3. iuFOR-EiFAB, Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, Campus Duques de Soria, Universidad de Valladolid, Soria, Spain;5. Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Punta Arenas, Chile;6. Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile;1. University of Debrecen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Botany, Debrecen Egyetem tér 1, H-4032, Hungary;2. Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| Abstract: | Arboreal species of the genus Prosopis L. have played an important role in the development of tree-ring research in arid and semi-arid ecoregions of South America. Given the distribution of Prosopis across a broad precipitation gradient from 0 to 2000 mm y−1 and its unique role as a phreatophyte, the relationship between Prosopis species growth and water has been a recurring theme over the past century. We conducted a systematic review of the literature addressing Prosopis and water research in South America, and combined site coordinates with GIS data of mean annual precipitation (MAP), elevation, biome, and soil moisture from online databases to understand the spatial distribution of research to date. We compiled 40 publications from 1931 to 2022, including results from 11 species of Prosopis among four countries, on the relationship between Prosopis spp and precipitation, groundwater levels, soil humidity, among other hydrological parameters. The spatial distribution of research sites spans tropical-subtropical and temperate latitudes from 4° to 35°S, excluding regions where the genus is present in Patagonia and northeastern South America. Studies covered a broad range of elevations from 30 to 3500 m a.s.l. but was limited to 1–730 mm y−1 MAP, excluding more humid climates where Prosopis occurs. Results obtained from 32 dendrochronological studies and eight studies relating to Prosopis and hydrology, were grouped into sub-disciplines of tree-ring formation and the hydrosystem, dendroclimatology, dendrohydrology, and dendroecology. The review highlights the unique affinities of Prosopis to arid conditions, and the use of tree rings as a proxy for historical droughts and variability in water tables. Nonetheless, there are opportunities to expand the geographical-climatological extent of Prosopis growth research to humid climates, as well as to incorporate novel techniques such as stable isotopes and vessel size chronologies to understand how this genus records hydrological change throughout South America. |
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| Keywords: | Wood anatomy Dendrochronology Tree-ring research South America |
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