European Beech Tree Ring Measurements from Hot and Dry Distribution Edges

12 sites in Bulgaria, Albania, Kosovo, and Spain provide year-by-year tree growth data from 1900 to 2019. European Beech tree cores were sampled in late 2019 to address climatic gaps in the European Beech Tree Ring Network at hot and dry distribution edges.

Use Cases

• Analyze inter-annual growth measurements (ring width) across 12 sites to model climate-growth relationships at distribution edges.
• Compare dendroecological time series from 1900-2019 between Balkan and Spanish sites to assess regional climatic stress responses.
• Integrate ring width data with the European Beech Tree Ring Network (EBTRN) to fill coverage gaps for hot and dry climatic conditions.

Strengths

• Covers a 119-year temporal range from 1900 to 2019.
• Samples from 12 distinct sites across four European countries (Bulgaria, Albania, Kosovo, Spain).
• Explicitly targets climatic gaps (hot and dry edges) not well-covered by the broader EBTRN.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column structure, and measurement variables are not detailed in the provided input.
• Geographic coverage is limited to specific edge habitats, not the full European beech distribution.
• Data collection occurred at a single point in time (late 2019), limiting temporal replication.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Tree cores sampled from European Beech trees at field sites.

Time Range

1900-2019

Freshness

Data last updated in the system on 2026-03-11, though core sampling occurred in late 2019.

Geography

12 sites in Bulgaria, Albania, Kosovo, and Spain.