Radiocarbon dating of Aspromonte sessile oaks reveals the oldest dated temperate flowering tree in the world

Gianluca Piovesan; Michele Baliva; Lucio Calcagnile; Marisa D'Elia; Isabel Dorado-Liñán; Jordan Palli; Antonino Siclari; Gianluca Quarta

doi:10.1002/ecy.3179

Radiocarbon dating of Aspromonte sessile oaks reveals the oldest dated temperate flowering tree in the world

Ecology. 2020 Dec;101(12):e03179. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3179. Epub 2020 Sep 22.

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Gianluca Piovesan¹, Michele Baliva¹, Lucio Calcagnile², Marisa D'Elia², Isabel Dorado-Liñán³, Jordan Palli¹, Antonino Siclari⁴, Gianluca Quarta²

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¹ Dendrology Lab, Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo, 01100, Italy.
² CEDAD (Centre of Applied Physics, Dating and Diagnostics), Department of Mathematics and Physics "Ennio De Giorgi", University of Salento, via per Arnesano, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
³ Forest Genetics and Ecophysiology Research Group, Technical University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Madrid, 28005, Spain.
⁴ Ente Parco Nazionale dell'Aspromonte, via Aurora 1, Gambarie di Santo Stefano in Aspromonte, 89057, Italy.

PMID: 32860441
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3179

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Keywords: Aspromonte; Quercus; conservation biology; habitat tree; life-history trait; longevity; mountain forest; nature conservation; old tree; radiocarbon dating; sessile oak; sustainable development; tree dating.

Radiocarbon dating of Aspromonte sessile oaks reveals the oldest dated temperate flowering tree in the world

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