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| Title | Dendrochronology on Arctic tundra shrubs |
| Group | Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Ute Sass-Klaassen (FEM), Rúna Magnússon and Monique Heijmans (PEN) |
| Examiner(s) | Dr. Ute Sass-Klaassen and Dr. Ir. Monique Heijmans |
| Contact info | runa.magnusson@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2017/11/01 |
| End date | 2024/12/31 |
| Description | Shrub expansion is widely observed in the Arctic and is related to climate warming. But beside temperature, rainfall patterns will change and likely critically govern the degree to which shrubs can capitalize on warmer conditions (i.e. moisture vs. temperature limitation).
You're invited to join our ongoing work on tree ring width and wood vessel responses to natural climate variability, or climate manipulation treatments, using samples from Svalbard or Siberia. You will gain lab and statistics experience. |
| Used skills | Dendrochronology, experimental design, climate data processing, climate-growth relations, lab work |
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