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Section I - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Dendroecology investigation of Magnolia vovidesii, a threatened Mexican Cloud Forest tree species endemic to eastern MexicoChapter 2 - Drought is a driving factor of seasonal growth of Pinus strobiformis Engelm. in northern MexicoChapter 3 - Dendroecological studies with Cedrela odorata L., Northeastern BrazilChapter 4 - Xylogenesis explains climate- growth relationships in a Mexican conifer
Section II - Dendroecology in Neotropical regionsChapter 5 - Dendrochronological potential of tree species from America's rainiest regionChapter 6 - Potential of Tropical Dry Forest trees species: anatomy, chronologies and environmentChapter 7 - Tree-growth variations along environmental gradients in tropical montane forests of South America.

Section III - Forest dynamics, climate and disturbancesChapter 8 - Forest dynamics in the Patagonian Andes: Lessons learned from dendroecology
Chapter 9 - Historical fire regimes in high-elevation tropical forestsChapter 10 - Patterns of tree establishment following glacier-induced floods in southern Patagonia
Chapter 11 - Dendrochronological reconstruction of Ormiscodes amphimone outbreaks in Nothofagus pumilio forests from Southern Patagonia, ArgentinaChapter 12 - Dendroecology in Polylepis forests in the tropical Andes: modeling of the radial growth of the last centuries and its implications for its conservation

Section IV - Forest management and conservationChapter 13 - Dendrochronological study of the xeric and mesic Araucaria araucana forests of northern Patagonia: implications for the Ecology and ConservationChapter 14 - Dendroecology applied to silvicultural management in the Southern Patagonian forests: a case of study from an experimental forest in Tierra del Fuego, ArgentinaChapter 15 - Reconstructing land use changes through ring-width variations in Nothofagus antarctica chronologies from Southern Patagonia.Chapter 16 - Long-term decoupling between growth and water-use efficiency and its implications for the conservation of old-growth conifer forests in southern Chileong-term decoupling between growth and water-use efficiency and its implications for the conservation of old-growth conifer forests in southern Chile