ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Tree-Ring Research is the peer-reviewed journal of the Tree-Ring Society. The journal was first published in 1934 under the title Tree-Ring Bulletin. In 2001, the title changed to Tree-Ring Research.

The Tree-Ring Society and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona partnered with the University Libraries to digitize back issues for improved searching capabilities and long-term preservation. New issues are added on an annual basis, with a rolling wall of five years.

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Recent Submissions

  • Revised Computer Programs for Tree-Ring Research

    Graybill, Donald A.; Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona (Tree-Ring Society, 1979)
    Three computer programs that are basic to the processing and development of tree -ring chronologies are now available. They were designed to refine and replace older programs that were previously furnished by the laboratory. Program RWLIST replaces program RWLST and is used for data inspection. Programs INDEX and SUMAC replace INDXA. INDEX is used for curve fitting procedures while SUMAC does summaries of series of indices, analysis of variance and cross-correlation. The new programs represent an increase in efficiency and flexibility in use. They are written in current ANSI Fortran IV and will be readily adaptable to most computing environments.
  • Tree-Rings and Climate in Morocco

    Berger, A. L.; Guiot, J.; Mathieu, L.; Munaut, A. V.; Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve; Laboratoire de Science du Sol, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Gembloux; Laboratoire de Palynologie et Phytosociologie, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (Tree-Ring Society, 1979)
    Two sites located near Ketama in the Morocco Rif have been selected, on the basis of limiting climatic factors, in order to study the relationship between tree rings and climate. After the trend associated with biological factors related to increasing age has been removed and all variables have been standardized, some statistical parameters have been computed and a variance analysis has been performed. After the persistence has been eliminated, an original technique of multiple regression on the principal components and of selection of the most significant variables has been built. Twenty -four climatic variables have been used. The principal aim of this paper is to describe this original statistical technique of data analysis and to illustrate its power with dendroclimatological data in Morocco. For the temperate site located in low altitude (1280 m), among the most important variables, we have retained total monthly precipitation for August, mean temperature of January, April, and May of the current year and mean temperature of October of the previous year. For the cold site (2100 m), total monthly precipitation for September and temperatures of January and May of the current year and precipitation for October of the previous year definitely influence the growth rate of cedars.
  • Tree-Ring Skeleton Plotting by Computer

    Cropper, John Philip; Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona (Tree-Ring Society, 1979)
    Skeleton plotting is an established manual technique for representing the relative narrowness of tree rings in a single radius. These plots can be used as a visual aid to crossdating. This paper describes a method for deriving these plots by computer. The method uses a low-pass digital filter, running means, and standard deviations of ring-width measurements. When the manual and computer plots are compared for the same series, approximately 85% agreement is found. Examples of results are presented for specimens from sensitive, moderate, and complacent sites. FORTRAN program listings are included for two subroutines for (a) identifying small rings and (b) producing the plot.
  • Dendrochronological Investigations in Iran

    Liphschitz, Nili; Waisel, Y.; Lev-yadun, S.; Department of Botany, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (Tree-Ring Society, 1979)
    Dendrochronological research on Juniperus polycarpos growing in west and central Iran reveals that the radial growth in this species depends mainly on the amount of precipitation in the more arid regions. When the amount of rain is sufficient, i.e. above 450 mm, the prevailing summer temperature seems to become the limiting factor. Favorable conditions which prevailed during the periods 1685-1695 and 1790-1800 resulted in better width growth, while less favorable conditions which prevailed during the years 1725-1735 and 1855-1865 resulted in narrow rings.
  • Response of Tree-Ring Density to Climate in Maine, U.S.A.

    Conkey, Laura E.; Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona (Tree-Ring Society, 1979)
    Cores of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) from three upper-elevation sites in Maine, U.S.A., were X-rayed, and minimum and maximum wood densities as well as ring widths were mechanically recorded. The 200- to 300-year series of maximum densities at the three sites show remarkable inter-site similarity. Maximum density and total ring-width series from one site, Elephant Mt., were standardized. Response functions, which measure tree-growth response to climatic variables, were calculated for each of these two series. The ring-width response function explained 66% total variance, of which 34% was explained by climate. The maximum density response function explained 70% total variance, 67% of which was explained by the same climatic variables. Thus, the climate signal from maximum densities is stronger, and perhaps more season-specific, than that of ring widths.
  • Tree-Ring Dating of Historic Buildings in Arkansas

    Stahle, David W.; Arkansas Archaeological Survey, University Museum, Fayetteville (Tree-Ring Society, 1979)
    Twenty-four historic log and frame buildings in Arkansas have been dated by dendrochronology. The derived historic chronologies, ranging from A.D. 1598 to 1911, have improved and extended existing modern tree-ring chronologies for the state. Dated species are southern yellow pine (Pinus sp.), white oak (Quercus sp.), eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.), and baldcypress (Taxodium distichum L. Rich). Three chronological studies integrating tree-ring, architectural, and documentary evidence offer examples of the relationship between tree-ring dates and historic records and demonstrate significant contributions which dendrochronology can make in the management of historic properties. Historic tree-ring collections should prove important in developing long term tree-ring chronologies in the eastern United States, due to widespread exploitation of living trees, the lower average age for many eastern species, and the availability of high quality tree-ring records in early historic structures.