Reconstructing Ecosystem-Scale Vegetation Activity Across the Terrestrial Mediterranean using Tree-Ring Width Data

Bethany L Coulthard1, Ramzi Touchan2, David M Meko3, Kevin J. Anchukaitis1, Fatih Sivrikaya4, Diaa Eldin M Elshikha5, Rachid Ilmen6, Ali Aloui7, Jihad Attieh8, Ioannis Mitsopoulos9, Mohamed Sabir10, Andreas Christou11, Nuri Bozali12, Muzaffer Ketmen13 and Jean Stephan14, (1)University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)Kahramanmaras Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi, Trabzon, Turkey, (5)University of Arizona, Maricopa, United States, (6)Hassania School of Public Works, Department of Hydraulic, Environment and Climate, Oasis-Casablanca, Morocco, (7)Institute of Sylvo-pastoral of Tabarka, Tabarka, Tunisia, (8)University of Balamand, Al-Kurah, Lebanon, (9)Global Fire Monitoring Center, Freiburg, Germany, (10)National School of Forest Engineering, Salé, Morocco, (11)Department of Forests, Prodromos, Cyprus, (12)Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, (13)Forestry Institute, Istanbul, Turkey, (14)Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon