Dendrochronology of Cedrela fissilis from an urban park in São Paulo

• Grant number: 17/10544-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): June 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): May 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Plant Morphology
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva
• Grantee: Evelyn Pereira de Camargo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos Avançados (IEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/21728-2 - The use of modern autopsy techniques to investigate human diseases (MODAU), AP.TEM

Abstract

Dendrochronology is the study of a tree-ring time series. Annual rings are defined whenever they are formed within the period of one year. Therefore, it is possible recover a temporal data from annual tree rings. Climate, ecological relations and functional features stands out as the main information that can be retrieved from tree rings studies. However, any variable that can influence tree-ring formation, and its composition, can be accessed through tree-ring analysis. Environmental pollution is one of these variables that can be accessed by studying the elemental concentration of tree rings. This approach is extremely valuable in the urban environment, like São Paulo city, where most of the air pollution sources comes from vehicular traffic. The aim of the present study is to reconstruct the temporal patterns of environmental pollution in a public park from São Paulo city. Keywords: dendrochronology, tree rings, environmental pollution. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; LOPES MOREIRA, TIANA CARLA; CHACON-MADRIZ, KATHERINE; ZEZZI ARRUDA, MARCO AURELIO; DE CAMARGO, EVELYN PEREIRA; KAMIGAUTI, LEONARDO YOSHIAKI; FERREIRA DA TRINDADE, RICARDO IVAN; ANDRADE, MARIA DE FATIMA; SALDIVA DE ANDRE, CARMEN DIVA; DE ANDRE, PAULO AFONSO; et al. Spatial-temporal variability of metal pollution across an industrial district, evidencing the environmental inequality in Sao Paulo. Environmental Pollution, v. 263, n. A, AUG 2020. (15/25511-3, 17/10544-9, 13/21728-2)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; DE CAMARGO, EVELYN PEREIRA; LOPES MOREIRA, TIANA CARLA; TODESCO, ENZO; ANDRADE, MARIA DE FATIMA; SALDIVA DE ANDRE, CARMEN DIVA; DE ANDRE, PAULO AFONSO; SINGER, JULIO M.; FERREIRA, LUCIANA SCHWANDNER; NASCIMENTO SALDIVA, PAULO HILARIO; et al. The role of air pollution and climate on the growth of urban trees. Science of The Total Environment, v. 666, p. 652-661, MAY 20 2019. (15/25511-3, 17/10544-9, 08/57908-6, 13/21728-2)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; CHACON-MADRID, KATHERINE; ZEZZI ARRUDA, MARCO AURELIO; DE CAMARGO, EVELYN PEREIRA; LOPES MOREIRA, TIANA CARLA; SALDIVA DE ANDRE, CARMEN DIVA; DE ANDRE, PAULO AFONSO; SINGER, JULIO M.; NASCIMENTO SALDIVA, PAULO HILARIO; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. Tree rings reveal the reduction of Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb pollution in the central region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Environmental Pollution, v. 242, n. A, p. 320-328, NOV 2018. (15/25511-3, 16/07384-7, 17/10544-9, 13/21728-2)