Mohsen Arsalani

Dr. Mohsen Arsalani

Department Geographie und Geowissenschaften
Institut für Geographie

Raum: Raum 1.009
Büro: Glückstr. 5
91058 Erlangen

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Curriculum Vitae

2023-2026: Scientific employee, Institute of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

  • Principal investigator of DFG funded project “Growth-based resilience indices for drought responses of Persian oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) along humidity gradients in the Zagros Mountains, western Iran“

2020-2023: Scientific employee, Institute of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

  • YunForest Project

2017-2018: Guest researcher at the Institute of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg in the work group of Prof. Achim Bräuning.

2018: PhD. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran.

2013: M.Sc. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran.

2009: B.Sc. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Khorram Abad, Iran.

Publications

Aryal, Sugam., Grießinger, Jussi., Arsalani, Mohsen., Meier, W. J.-H., Fu, P.-L., Ze-Xin, F. & Achim Bräuning 2023. Insect infestations have an impact on the quality of climate reconstructions using Larix ring-width chronologies from the Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Indicators 148, 110124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110124

Arsalani, Mohsen; Grießinger, Jussi;  Bräuning, Achim. 2022. Tree‑ring‑based seasonal temperature reconstructions and ecological implications of recent warming on oak forest health in the Zagros Mountains, Iran. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-022-02380-5

Arsalani, Mohsen; Grießinger, Jussi; Pourtahamsi, Kambiz; Bräuning, Achim. 2021. Multi-centennial reconstruction of drought events in South-Western Iran using tree rings of Mediterranean cypress (  Cupressus sempervirens  L.). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 567 (2021) 110296

Arsalani, Mohsen  ; Brauning, Achim; Pourtahmasi, Kambiz; Azizi, Ghasem, Mohammadi, Hosein. 2018. Multiple tree-ring parameters of Q. brantii  in SW Iran show a strong potential for intra-annual climate reconstruction. Journal of Trees 32: 1531-1546.

Arsalani, Mohsen  ; Pourtahmasi, Kambiz; Azizi, Ghasem; Brauning, Achim; Mohammadi, Hosein. 2018. Tree-ring based December-February precipitation reconstruction in the southern Zagros Mountains, Iran. Dendrochronologia  49: 45-56.

Arsalani, Mohsen  ; Azizi, Ghasem; Brauning, Achim. 2015. Dendroclimatic reconstruction of May-June maximum temperatures in the central Zagros Mountains, western Iran. International Journal of Climatology   35 (3): 408-416.

Azizi, Ghasem; Arsalani, Mohsen  ; Brauning, Achim; Moghimi, Ebrahim. 2013. Precipitation variations in the central Zagros Mountains (Iran) since AD ​​1840 based on oak tree rings. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology  386: 96-103.

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Research

  • Growth-based resilience indices for drought responses of Persian oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) along humidity gradients in the Zagros Mountains, western Iran (Funded by DFG)
  • YunForest: Growth and physiological responses of forest to climate change along latitudinal and altitudinal gradients in Southwest China

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