@article{9007b964df114be5977204b56f4608a0,
title = "The Suceava oak chronology: A new 804 years long tree-ring chronology bridging the gap between central and south Europe",
abstract = "Although the importance of centuries-long tree ring width oak chronologies in dating wood, eastern European regions are still lacking a reference chronology. To fill this geographical gap, we combined living and historical chronologies from the Moldova region, including part of Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Here we present the “Suceava oak chronology” as the first 804 years long chronology continuously covering the 1216–2019 period. Our analyses further revealed the strong teleconnection of the Suceava oak chronology with south European ones. The link between Romania and northern Turkey chronologies is of particular importance in the context of the high abundance of undated subfossil and archaeological/historical oak wood in eastern Europe and intense wood trades with central Europe in XV-XVII centuries. The availability of the Suceava oak chronology will provide a good base for precise dating and climatic reconstructions.",
keywords = "Eastern Europe, Sapwood, Suceava chronology, Teleconnection",
author = "Roibu, {C{\u a}t{\u a}lin Constantin} and Tomasz Wa{\.z}ny and Alan Crivellaro and Andrei Mursa and Francisca Chiriloaei and {\c S}tirbu, {Marian Ionu{\c t}} and Ionel Popa",
note = "Funding Information: CCR and AM were partially supported by EEA Financial Mechanism 2009 - 2014 under the project CLIMFOR contract no 18SEE/2014; CCR, AM and MIS were partially supported by the EU crossborder project” Promote deadwood for resilient forests in the Romanian-Ukrainian cross border region” (RESFOR), no. 2SOFT/1.2/13. TW was founded by the National Science Center, Poland, project nr 2016/22/A/HS3/00285. FC was supported by a grant from the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation , project number PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-0855. PI was supported by the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation in Core Program for Forestry – BIOSERV (2019) – Project PN 19070502. AC was supported by a donation from Fritz H. and Elisabeth Schweingruber. We thank to Ilarie Leșan and Victor Sfecl{\u a} for field and technical assistance. Also, we are grateful to Bobi Ap{\u a}v{\u a}loaei, Stela Cheptea, Vasile Diaconu, Constantin Preoteasa and M{\u a}d{\u a}lin V{\u a}leanu for providing the information about valuable oak wood pieces and allow us to collect samples during their archaeological researches. We are grateful to the authors of the unpublished chronologies, listed in the article, for making them available. Funding Information: CCR and AM were partially supported by EEA Financial Mechanism 2009 - 2014 under the project CLIMFOR contract no 18SEE/2014; CCR, AM and MIS were partially supported by the EU crossborder project? Promote deadwood for resilient forests in the Romanian-Ukrainian cross border region? (RESFOR), no. 2SOFT/1.2/13. TW was founded by the National Science Center, Poland, project nr 2016/22/A/HS3/00285. FC was supported by a grant from the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-0855. PI was supported by the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation in Core Program for Forestry ? BIOSERV (2019) ? Project PN 19070502. AC was supported by a donation from Fritz H. and Elisabeth Schweingruber. We thank to Ilarie Le?an and Victor Sfecl? for field and technical assistance. Also, we are grateful to Bobi Ap?v?loaei, Stela Cheptea, Vasile Diaconu, Constantin Preoteasa and M?d?lin V?leanu for providing the information about valuable oak wood pieces and allow us to collect samples during their archaeological researches. We are grateful to the authors of the unpublished chronologies, listed in the article, for making them available. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier GmbH",
year = "2021",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.dendro.2021.125856",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "68",
journal = "Dendrochronologia",
issn = "1125-7865",
publisher = "Elsevier GmbH",
}