Fundamentals of Tree Ring Research

Name: Fundamentals of Tree Ring Research
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ISBN: 9780816526857

ISBN-10: 0816526850

ISBN-13: 9780816526857

Edition: 2nd

Authors: James H. Speer

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Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators. Although there are other scientific means of dating climatic and environmental events, dendrochronology provides the most reliable of all paleorecords. Dendrochronology can be applied to very old trees to provide long-term records of past temperature, rainfall, fire, insect outbreaks, landslides, hurricanes, and ice storms--to name only a few events. This comprehensive text addresses all of the subjects that a reader who is new to the field will need to know and will be a welcome reference for practitioners…

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 7.06" wide x 9.98" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

James H. Speer is an associate professor of geography and geology at Indiana State University and is the organizer of the Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek. He is the current president of the Tree-Ring Society and his scholarly articles appear in leading journals including Publications in Ecology, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Journal of Biogeography, and Climate Research.