For the central part of the black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) distribution area on the Balkan Peninsula, seven site chronologies were developed, which match each other and form the first regional tree-ring width chronology. Regional chronology matches the published regional chronologies from the neighbouring regions. Additionally, one site each in north-eastern and north-western marginof the black pine distribution on the Balkan Peninsula was sampled. The north-western site is located in sub-Mediterranean Slovenia where, additionally, the density of early- and latewood was measured. Here has mean summer temperature negative influence on the tree-ring widths, while early summer precipitation positively affects the earlywood density. In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), moisture stress was associated with sunshine hours, and statistically significant influence of June-July sunshine hours on the tree-ring widths was discovered. In the north-eastern margin of the black pinedistribution from the Balkan Peninsula, in the south-western part of Romania, statistically significant correlation between tree-ring widths and standardized precipitation index from the June-August period was calculated. Climate signal in tree-ring widths from BiH area is stable till the second half of the 20th century, while later on the signal weakens. The most plausible reason is the difference in cyclones over the Balkan Peninsula and reduced drought stress for trees. Sunshine hours were reconstructed back to the year 1660, and precipitation index back to 1688. The extreme years, identified with thresholds and reconstructions, were recognized with the aid of previously published and archived unusual events: droughts, floods, cool summers and volcanic eruptions.
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