caa a22 4500 467918627 CHVBK 20180406152910.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10584-006-6865-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10584-006-6865-z Tree-Ring Reconstructed Maize Yield in Central Mexico: 1474-2001 [Elektronische Daten] [Matthew Therrell, David Stahle, Jose Diaz, Eladio Oviedo, Malcolm Cleaveland] Maize was domesticated more than 6,000 years ago in central Mexico, and remains a vital staple food and cultural symbol in Mesoamerica. Maize yield in the central highlands is strongly dependant on adequate rainfall early in the growing season (April-June) because late maturation of the crop may result in damage from autumn frost. Climate-induced crop failures with profound socioeconomic impacts have punctuated Mexican history. However, reliable records of maize harvest have not been available until very recently, and historical records of crop yield and price are discontinuous and can be difficult to interpret. We have developed a continuous, exactly dated, tree-ring reconstruction of maize yield variability in central Mexico from 1474 to 2001 that provides new insight into the history of climate and food availability in the heartland of the Mesoamerican cultural province. The reconstruction indicates that seven of the most severe agricultural crises in Mexican history occurred during decadal-scale episodes of reconstructed maize shortfalls. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 Therrell Matthew Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A. aut Stahle David Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A. aut Diaz Jose Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecurias (INIFAP), KM 6.5, Margen Derecha Canal Sacramento, 35140, Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico aut Oviedo Eladio Departamento Forestal, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Buenavista, 25315, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico aut Cleaveland Malcolm Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A. aut Climatic Change Springer Netherlands 74/4(2006-02-01), 493-504 0165-0009 74:4<493 2006 74 10584 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-6865-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-6865-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Therrell Matthew Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stahle David Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Diaz Jose Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecurias (INIFAP), KM 6.5, Margen Derecha Canal Sacramento, 35140, Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oviedo Eladio Departamento Forestal, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Buenavista, 25315, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cleaveland Malcolm Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climatic Change Springer Netherlands 74/4(2006-02-01), 493-504 0165-0009 74:4<493 2006 74 10584 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer