Biochronology
Comparing
the growth increments of many types of organisms can yield information on
the response of ecosystems and individual organisms to climate. Parallels in the size of growth
increments among trees, fish, reptiles and other plants and animals can be
used to assess the effects of climate and climate change at the landscape
level. For, example, the magnitude
and significance of correlations among growth increments from fish and
trees imply that conditions such as topography, stream gradient, organism
age, and the distribution of a population relative to its geographic range,
can influence the climatic response of an organism.
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