Dr. Alexander V. Kirdyanov

Lead scientist

I am a dendro-scientist interested in the effect of environmental changes on forest ecosystems and woody plants. I use a multi-parameter approach to explore tree-ring variability on multiple scales in space (from a single tree to hemisphere) and time (from days to centuries and millennia).

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Published work in the last five years

2020

4 (29). Kirdyanov A.V., Saurer M., Siegwolf R., Knorre A.A., Prokushkin A.S., Churakova O.V., Fonti M.V., Büntgen U. 2020. Long-term ecological consequences of forest fires in the continuous permafrost zone of Siberia. Environmental Research Letters 15: 034061. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7469

3 (28). Ljungqvist F.C., Piermattei A., Seim A., Krusic P.J., Büntgen U., He M., Kirdyanov A., Luterbacher J., Schneider L., Seftigen K., Stahle D.W., Villalba R., Yang B., Esper J. 2020. Ranking of tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstructions of the past millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews 230: 106074. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106074

2 (27). Büntgen U., Kolář T., Rybníček M., Koňasová E., Trnka M., Ač A., Krusic P.J., Esper J., Treydte K., Reinig F., Kirdyanov A., Herzig F., Urban O. 2020. No age trends in oak stable isotopes. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34, e2019PA003831 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003831

1 (26). Tabakova M.A., Arzac A., Martínez E., Kirdyanov A.V. 2020. Climatic factors controlling Pinus sylvestris radial growth along a transect of increasing continentality in southern Siberia. Dendrochronologia 62: 125709 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125709

2019

4 (25). Büntgen U., Krusic P.J., Piermattei A., Coomes D.A., Esper J., Myglan V.S., Kirdyanov A.V., Camarero J.J., Crivellaro A., Körner C. 2019. Limited capacity of tree growth to mitigate the global greenhouse effect under predicted warming. Nature Communications 10: 2171. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10174-4

3 (24). Churakova O.V., Fonti M.V., Saurer M., Guillet S., Corona C., Fonti P., Myglan V.S., Kirdyanov A.V., Naumova O.V., Ovchinnikov D.V., Shashkin A., Panyushkina I., Büntgen U., Hughes M.H., Vaganov E.A., Siegwolf R.T.W., Stoffel M. 2019. Siberian tree-ring and stable isotope proxies as indicators of temperature and moisture changes after major stratospheric volcanic eruptions. Climate of the Past 15, 685-700. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-685-2019

2 (23). Knorre A.A., Kirdyanov A.V., Prokushkin A.S., Krusic P.J., Büntgen U. 2019. Tree ring-based reconstruction of the long-term influence of wildfires on permafrost active layer dynamics in Central Siberia. Science of the Total Environment 652: 314–319. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.124.

1 (22). Björklund J., von Arx G., Nievergelt D., Wilson R., Van den Bulcke J., Günther B., Loader N.J., Rydval M., Fonti P., Scharnweber T., Andreu-Hayles L., Büntgen U., D'Arrigo R., Davi N., De Mil T., Esper J., Gärtner H., Geary J., Gunnarson B.E., Hartl C., Hevia A., Song H., Janecka K., Kaczka R.J., Kirdyanov A.V., Kochbeck M., Liu L., Meko M., M,undo I., Nicolussi K., Oelkers R., Pichler T., Sánchez-Salguero R., Schneider L., Schweingruber F., Timonen M., Trouet V., Van Acker J., Verstege A., Villalba R., Wilmking M., Frank D. 2019. Scientific Merits and Analytical Challenges of Tree‐Ring Densitometry. Reviews of Geophysics, 57(4): 1224-1264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019RG000642

2018

4 (21). Kirdyanov A.V., Piermattei A., Kolář T., Rybníček M., Krusic P.J., Nikolaev A.N., Reinig F., Büntgen U. 2018. Notes towards an optimal sampling strategy in dendroclimatology. Dendrochronologia 52, 162–166. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.10.002.

3 (20). Büntgen U., Bolze N., Hellmann L., Sittler B., Frauenberger B., Piermattei A., Kirdyanov A., Schweingruber F.H., Ludemann T., Krusic P.J. 2018. Long-term recruitment dynamics of arctic dwarf shrub communities in coastal east Greenland. Dendrochronologia 50: 70–80; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2018.05.005.

2 (19). Prokushkin, A.S., Hagedorn, F., Pokrovsky, O.S., Viers, J., Kirdyanov, A.V., Masyagina O.V., Prokushkina M.P., McDowell W.H., 2018. Permafrost Regime Affects the Nutritional Status and Productivity of Larches in Central Siberia. Forests 9, 314; doi:10.3390/f9060314.

1 (18). Büntgen U., Wacker L., Galván J.D., Arnold S., Arseneault D., Baillie M., Beer J., Bernabei M., Bleicher N., Boswijk G., Bräuning A., Carrer M., Ljungqvist F.C., Cherubini P., Christl M., Christie D.A., Clark P.W., Cook E.R., D’Arrigo R., Davi N., Eggertsson Ó., Esper J., Fowler A.M., Gedalof Z., Gennaretti F., Grießinger J., Grissino-Mayer H., Grudd H., E. Gunnarson B., Hantemirov R., Herzig F., Hessl A., Heussner K.-U., Jull A.J.T., Kukarskih V., Kirdyanov A., Kolář T., Krusic P.J., Kyncl T., Lara A., LeQuesne C., Linderholm H.W., Loader N.J., Luckman B, Miyake F., Myglan V., Nicolussi K., Oppenheimer C., Palmer J., Panyushkina I., Pederson N., Rybníček M., Schweingruber F.H., Seim A., Sigl M.l, Churakova (Sidorova) O., Speer J.H., Synal H.-A., Tegel W., Treydte K., Villalba R., Wiles G., Wilson R., Winship L.J., Wunder J., Yang B., Young G.H.F.. 2018. Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE. Nature Communications 9: Article 3605. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06036-0.

2017

4 (17). Büntgen U., V.S. Myglan, F.C. Ljungqvist, M. McCormick, N. Di Cosmo, M. Sigl, J. Jungclaus, S. Wagner, P.J. Krusic, J. Esper, J.O. Kaplan, M.A.C. de Vaan, J. Luterbacher, L. Wacker, W. Tege, O.N. Solomina, K. Nicolussi, C. Oppenheimer, F. Reinig, V. Kirdyanov A. 2017. Reply to ‘Limited Late Antique cooling’. Nature Geosciences 10: 243. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2927

3 (16). Hellmann L., W., Tegel, J. Geyer, V. Kirdyanov, A. N. Nikolaev, O. Eggertsson, J. Altman, F. Reinig, S. Morganti, L. Wacker, U. Büntgen. 2017. Dendro-provenancing of Arctic driftwood. Quaternary Science Reviews 162: 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.02.025

2 (15). Shestakova T.A., Voltas J., Saurer M., Siegwolf R.T.W., Kirdyanov A.V. Warming Effects on Pinus sylvestris in the Cold–Dry Siberian Forest–Steppe: Positive or Negative Balance of Trade? Forests 8: Article 490; DOI:10.3390/f8120490

1 (14). Camarero J., Fernandez-Perez. L., Kirdyanov A.V., Shestakova T.A., Knorre A.A., Kukarskih V.V., Voltas J. 2017. Minimum wood density of conifers portrays changes in early season precipitation at dry and cold Eurasian regions. Trees 31 (5): 1423-1437. DOI: 10.1007/s00468-017-1559-x

2016

13 (13). Saurer M., V. Kirdyanov, A. S. Prokushkin, K.T. Rinne, R.T.W. Siegwolf. 2016. The relationship between soil and needle water oxygen isotope composition of Larix gmelinii in Siberia. New Phytologist 209: 955–964. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13759

12 (12). Shestakova T.A., E. Gutiérrez, AV. Kirdyanov, J.J. Camarero, M. Génova, A.A. Knorre, J.C. Linares, V.R. de Dios, R. Sánchez-Salguero, J. Voltas. 2016. Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in response to climate warming. PNAS 113 (3): 662-667. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514717113

11 (11). Büntgen U.,V.S. Myglan, F.C. Ljungqvist, M. McCormick, N. Di Cosmo, M. Sigl, J. Jungclaus, S. Wagner, P. J. Krusic, Jan Esper, J.O. Kaplan, M.A.C. de Vaan, J. Luterbacher, L. Wacker, W. Tegel, AV. Kirdyanov. 2016. Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD. Nature Geoscience 9(3): 231 – 236. DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2652

10 (10). Shishov V.V., I.I. Tychkov, M.I. Popkova, V.A. Ilyin, M.V. Bryukhanova, AV. Kirdyanov. 2016. VS-oscilloscope: a new tool to parameterize tree radial growth based on climate conditions. Dendrochronologia 39: 42-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2015.10.001

9 (9). Hellmann L., L.Agafonov, O. Churakova (Sidorova), E. Düthorn, Ó. Eggertsson, J. Esper, AV. Kirdyanov, A.A. Knorre, P. Moiseev, V.S. Myglan, A.N. Nikolaev, F. Reinig, F. Schweingruber, O. Solomina, W. Tegel, U. Büntgen. 2016. Regional coherency of boreal forest growth defines Arctic driftwood provenancing. Dendrochronologia 39: 3-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2015.12.010

8 (8). Kirdyanov A.V., O.N. Solomina, E.A. Vaganov, U. Büntgen. 2016. Editorial - Russian Tree-Ring Research. Dendrochronologia 39: 1-2. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2016.03.004

7 (7). Battipaglia G., F. Campelo, J. Vieira, M. Grabner, V. De Micco, C. Nabais, P. Cherubini, M. Carrer, A. Bräuning, K. Čufar, A. Di Filippo, I. García-González, M. Koprowski, M. Klisz, AV. Kirdyanov, N. Zafirov, M. de Luis. 2016. Structure and Function of Intra–Annual Density Fluctuations: Mind the Gaps. Frontiers in Plant Science 7, Article 595. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00595

6 (6). Esper J., P.J. Krusic, F. Ljungqvist, J. Luterbacher, M. Carrer, E. Cook, N.K. Davi, C. Hartl-Meier, AV Kirdyanov, O. Konter, V. Myglan, M. Timonen, K. Treydte, V. Trouet, R. Villalba, R.S. Wilson, B. Yang, U. Büntgen. 2016. Ranking of tree-ring based temperature reconstructions of the past millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews 145: 134-151. DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.009

5 (5). Hellmann L., L. Agafonov, F.C. Ljungqvist, O. Churakova (Sidorova), E. Düthorn, J. Esper, L. Hülsmann, AV. Kirdyanov, P. Moiseev, V.S. Myglan, A.N. Nikolaev, F. Reinig, F.H. Schweingruber, O. Solomina, W.Tegel, U. Büntgen. 2016. Diverse growth trends and climate responses across Eurasia’s boreal forest. Environmental Research Letters 11 074021 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074021

4 (4). Panyushkina I.P., Shishov V.V., Grachev A.M., Knorre A.A., Kirdyanov A.V., Leavitt S.W., Vaganov E.A., Chebykin E.P., Zhuchenko N.A., Hughes M.K. 2016. Trends in elemental concentrations of tree rings from the Siberian Arctic. Tree-Ring Research 72(2): 67–77. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3959/1536-1098-72.02.67

3 (3). Kirdyanov A.V., M. V. Bryukhanova, A.A. Knorre, M.A. Tabakova, A.S. Prokushkin. 2016. Dendrochronological research of trees growing on permafrost in Siberia, Russia. In: Conference Proceedings of the 16th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2016, STEF92 Technology Ltd., Book 3 Vol. II, 517-524 pp.

2 (2). Masyagina O., Prokushkin A., Kirdyanov A., Artyukhov A., Udalova T., Senchenkov S., Rublev A. 2016. Intraseasonal carbon sequestration and allocation in larch trees growing on permafrost in Siberia after 13C labeling (two seasons of 2013–2014 observation). Photosynthesis Research 130: 267-274. DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0250

1 (1). Hellmann L., Kirdyanov A.V., Büntgen U. 2016. Effects of Boreal Timber Rafting on the Composition of Arctic Driftwood. Forests 7(11), Article Number 257. DOI: 10.3390/f7110257