Publications

2023

• Seim A, Zorita E, Lawrence-Mathers (2023) The medieval Moon unveils volcanic secrets. Nature 616, 38-40. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00850-3
• Marquer L, Seim A, Kuosmanen N, Reitalu T, Solomina O, Tallavaara M (2023) Editorial: Past interactions between climate, land use, and vegetation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:1116756. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1116756

2022

• Seim A, Marquer L, Bisson U, Hofmann J, Herzig F, Kontic R, Lechterbeck J, Muigg B, Neyses-Eiden M, Rzepecki A, Rösch M, Walder F, Weidemüller J, Tegel W (2022) Historical spruce abundance in Central Europe: a combined dendrochronological and palynological approach. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:909453
• Safari E, Moradi H, Seim A, Yousefpour R, Mirzakhani M, Tegel W, Soosani J, Kahle H‐P (2022) Regional drought conditions control Quercus brantii Lindl. growth within contrasting forest stands in the Central Zagros Mountains, Iran. Forests 13, 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040495
• Marquer L, Otto T, Ben Arous E, Stoetzel E, Campmas E, Zazzo A, Tombret O, Seim A, Kofler W, Falguères C, Abdeljalil El Hajraoui M, Nespoulet R (2022) The first use of olives in Africa around 100,000 years ago. Nature Plants 8, 204-208. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01109-x
• Tegel W, Muigg B, Skiadaresis G, Vanmoerkerke J, Seim A (2022) Dendroarchaeology in Europe. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:823622. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.823622
• Izdebski A, Guzowski P, Poniat R, Masci L, Palli J, Vignola C, Bauch M, Cocozza C, Fernandes R, Ljungqvist FC, Newfield T, Seim A and 40 co-authors (2022) Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01652-4
• Ljungqvist FC, Seim A and 54 co-authors (2022) Regional patterns of late medieval and early modern European building activity revealed by felling dates. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:825751. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.825751
• Ljungqvist FC, Thejll P, Christiansen B, Seim A, Hartl C, Esper J (2022) The significance of climate variability on early modern European grain prices. Cliometrica 16: 29–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11698-021-00224-7
• Seim A (2022) Planks from the same oak tree found in different paintings. Jordaens Van Dyck Journal III (http://jordaensvandyck.org/journal/)

2021

• Obladen N, Dechering P, Skiadaresis G, Tegel W, Keßler J, Höllerl S, Kaps S, Hertel M, Dulamsuren C, Seifert T, Hirsch M, Seim A (2021) Tree mortality of European beech and Norway spruce induced by 2018-2019 hot droughts in central Germany. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 307: 108482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108482
• Edvardsson J, Seim A, Davies J, Vander Auwera J (2021) The rediscovery of an Adoration of the Shepherds by Jacques Jordaens: a multidisciplinary approach combining dendroarchaeology and art history. Heritage Science 9(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00512-5
• Ljungqvist FC, Seim A, Huhtamaa H (2021) Climate and society in European history. WIREs Climate Change: 12:e691, https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.691
• Seim A (2021) The Remigius van Leemput series in the Royal Collection – its importance for dating smaller panels. Jordaens Van Dyck Journal II, 40–47 (http://jordaensvandyck.org/journal/)
• Seim A, Edvardsson J, Daly A, Fraiture P, Tyers I, Tegel W (2021) Dendrochronology as a tool for studying panel paintings – background, strengths and limitations. Jordaens Van Dyck Journal I, 32–37 (http://jordaensvandyck.org/journal/)
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2020

• Tegel W, Seim A, Skiadaresis G, Ljungqvist FC, Kahle H-P, Land A, Muigg B, Kurt Nicolussi, Büntgen K (2020) Higher groundwater levels in western Europe characterize warm periods in the Common Era. Scientific Reports 10: 16284, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73383-8
• Omurova GT, Seim A, Barinov VV, Kardash OV, Myglan VS (2020) Construction history and timber use of the medieval settlement Nadymskiy Gorodok in the northwestern Siberian forest-tundra. Journal of Archaeological Science 116: 105101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105101
• Ljungqvist FC, Piermattei A, Seim A, Krusic PJ, Büntgen U, He M, Kirdyanov AV, Luterbacher J, Schneider L, Seftigen K, Stahle DW, Villalba R, Yang B, Esper J (2020) Ranking of tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstructions of the past millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews 230: 106074
• Cook ER, Solomina O, Matskovsky V, Cook BI, Agafonov L, Berdnikova A, Dolgova E, Karpukhin A, Knysh N, Kulakova M, Kuznetsova V, Kyncl T, Kyncl J, Maximova O, Panyushkina I, Seim A, Tishin D, Ważny T, Yermokhin M (2020) The European Russia Drought Atlas. Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-05115-2
• Muigg B, Seim A, Tegel W, Werther L, Herzig F, Schmidt J, Zielhofer C, Land A, Büntgen U (2020) Tree rings reveal dry conditions during Charlemagne’s Fossa Carolina construction in 793 CE. Quaternary Science Reviews 227, 106040. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106040

2019

• Ljungqvist FC, Seim A, Krusic PJ, Gonzalez-Rouco JF, Werner JP, Cook ER, Zorita E, Luterbacher J, Xoplaki E, Destouni G, Garcia-Bustamante E, Melo Aguilar CA, Seftigen K, Wang J, Gagen MH, Esper J, Solomina O, Fleitmann D, Büntgen U (2019) European warm-season temperature and hydroclimate since 850 CE. Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2c7e
• Chen F, Zhang T, Seim A, Yu S, Zhang R, Linderholm HW, Kobuliev ZV, Ahmadov A, Kodirov A (2019) Juniper tree-ring data from the Kuramin Range (Northern Tajikistan) reveals changing summer drought signals in western Central Asia. Forests 10(6), 505: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10060505
• Ljungqvist FC, Zhang Q, Brattström G, Krusic PJ, Seim A, Li Q, Zhang Q, Moberg A (2019) Centennial-scale temperature change in last millennium simulations and proxy-based reconstructions. Journal of Climate 32: 2441–2482, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0525.1

2018

• Fuentes M, Aravena JC, Seim A, Linderholm HW (2018) Assessing the dendroclimatic potential of Nothofagus betuloides (Magellan’s beech) forests in the southernmost Chilean Patagonia.Trees:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-018-1801-1
• Ljungqvist⁠ FC, Seim A (2018) The spatiotemporal distribution of Late Viking Age Swedish runestones: A reflection of the Christianisation process and its speed. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 21: 849–861
• Büntgen U, Wacker L, Galvan D, Arnold S, Arseneault D, Baillie M, Beer J, Bernabei M, Bleicher N, Boswijk G, Bräuning A, Carrer M, Ljungqvist FC, Cherubini P, Christl M, Christie D, Clark P, Cook E, D’Arrigo R, Davi N, Eggertsson O, Esper J, Fowler A, Gedalof Z, Gennaretti F, Griessinger J, Grissino-Mayer H, Grudd H, Gunnarson B, Hantemirov R, Herzig F, Hessl A, Heussner K-U, Jull T, Kukarskih V, Kirdyanov A, Kolar T, Krusic PJ, Kyncl T, Lara A, LeQuesne C, Linderholm HW, Loader N, Luckman B, Miyake F, Myglan V, Nicolussi K, Oppenheimer C, Palmer J, Panyushkina I, Pederson N, Rybnicek M, Schweingruber F, Seim A, Sigl M, Churakova (Sidorova) O, Speer J, Synal H-A, Tegel W, Treydte K, Villalba R, Wiles G, Wilson R, Winship L, Wunder J, Yang B, Young G (2018) Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE. Nature Communications 9(1): 3605, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06036-0
• Ljungqvist FC, Tegel W, Krusic PJ, Seim A, Gschwind FM, Haneca K, Herzig F, Heussner K-U, Hofmann J, Houbrechts D, Kontic R, Kyncl T, Leuschner HH, Nicolussi K, Perrault C, Pfeifer K, Schmidhalter M, Seifert M, Walder F, Westphal T, Büntgen U (2018) Linking European building activity with plague history. Journal of Archaeological Science 98: 81–92
•  Seim A, Schultz JA, Beck C, Bräuning A, Krusic P, Leland C, Byambasuren O, Liang E, Wang X, Jeong J-H, Linderholm HW (2018) Evaluation of tree growth relevant atmospheric circulation patterns for geopotential height field reconstructions for Asia. Journal of Climate 31(11): 4391–4401

2016

• Seim A, Schultz JA, Leland C, Davi N, Byambasuren O, Liang E, Wang X, Beck C, Linderholm HW, Pederson N (2016) Synoptic-scale circulation patterns during summer derived from tree rings in mid-latitude Asia. Climate Dynamics 49(5-6): 1917–1931
• Seim A, Omurova G, Azisov E, Musuraliev K, Aliev K, Tulyaganov T, Nikolyai L, Botman E, Helle G, Dorado Liñan I, Jivcov S, Linderholm HW (2016) Climate change increases drought stress of juniper trees in the Mountains of Central Asia. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0153888
• Seim A, Tulyaganov T, Omurova G, Nikolyai L, Botman E, Linderholm HW (2016) Dendroclimatological potential of three juniper species from the Turkestan range, northwestern Pamir-Alay Mountains, Uzbekistan. Trees 30(3): 733–748

2015

• Cook ER, Seager R, Kushnir Y, Briffa KR, Büntgen U, Frank D, Krusic PJ, Tegel W, van der Schrier G, Andreu-Hayles L, Baillie M, Baittinger C, Bleicher N, Bonde N, Brown D, Carrer M, Cooper R, Čufar K, Dittmar C, Esper J, Griggs C, Gunnarson B, Günther B, Gutierrez E, Haneca K, Helama S, Herzig F, Heussner K-U, Hofmann J, Janda P, Kontic R, Köse N, Kyncl T, Levanič T, Linderholm HW, Manning S, Melvin TM, Miles D, Neuwirth B, Nicolussi K, Nola P, Panayotov M, Popa I, Rothe A, Seftigen K, Seim A, Svarva H, Svoboda M, Thun T, Timonen M, Touchan R, Trotsiuk V, Trouet V, Walder F, Ważny T, Wilson R, Zang C (2015) Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era. Science advances 1(10): e1500561
•  Seim A, Linscott K, Heussner K-U, Bonde N, Baittinger C, Stornes JM, Bartholin TS, Linderholm HW (2015) Diverse construction types and local timber sources characterize early medieval church roofs in southwestern Sweden. Dendrochronologia 35: 39–50
•  Seim A, Treydte K, Trouet V, Fank D, Fonti P, Tegel W, Panayotov M, Fernández-Donado L, Krusic P, Büntgen U (2015) Climate sensitivity of Mediterranean pine growth reveals distinct east–west dipole. International Journal of Climatology 35(9): 2503–2513

2014

• Tegel W, Seim A, Hakelberg D, Hoffmann S, Panev M, Westphal T, Büntgen U (2014) A recent growth increase of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at its Mediterranean distribution limit contradicts drought stress. European Journal of Forest Research 133: 61–71
• Wolf D, Seim A, Faust D (2014) Fluvial system response to external forcing and human impact–Late Pleistocene and Holocene fluvial dynamics of the lower Guadalete River in western Andalucía (Spain). Boreas 43(2): 422–449

2013

• Wolf D, Seim A, Diaz del Olmo F, Faust D (2013) Late Quaternary fluvial dynamics of the Jarama River in central Spain. Quaternary International 302: 20–41
• Linderholm HW, Seim A, Ou T, Jeong J-H, Liu Y, Folland C (2013) Exploring teleconnections between the summer NAO (SNAO) and climate in East Asia over the last four centuries – a tree-ring perspective. Dendrochronologia 31(4): 297–310

2012

• Seim A, Büntgen U, Fonti P, Haska H, Herzig F, Tegel W, Trouet V, Treydte K (2012) Climate sensitivity of a millennium-long pine chronology from Albania. Climate Research 51: 217–228