Jelena Golijanin
Milica Pecelj
Sanda Šušnjar
Mariana Lukuć Tanović
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2016.4.179
UDC: 911.2[551.58:574.9](497.6)
Abstract: Dendrochronology is a relatively new scientific discipline whose methods are used in paleogeographic researches and analysis of conditions and changes in an environment. Dendrochronology related discipline - dendroclimatology, it is particularly useful for the study, observation and monitoring of climate conditions that are recorded in tree rings in the past. Dendroclimatology research in Bosnia and Herzegovina do not have a long tradition. Research methods used by these disciplines provide a reliable paleogeographic information, about the variability of individual climate elements (precipitation and temperature) that were presented during a particular epoch. This paper discusses the development and frequency of this type of research and gives overview of scope and results of previous research, with special attention on analysis of results that recorded climate change, based on interaction of environmental conditions and width of tree rings. We also analyse opportunities and benefits that natural conditions (presence of older trees, alpine relief and growth in isolated area, duration and availability of climate data, etc.) in Bosnia and Herzegovina are providing for continuation of the present, and the establishment of future dendroclimatological systematic researches. The research results indicate growing trend and increasing topicality of dendroclimatological researches in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is in accordance with global trends.
Key words: Dendroclimatology, Dendrochronology, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), paleogeographic methods, climate changes