From Dendrochronology to Allometry
DendroLab, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Forests 2020, 11(2), 146; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11020146
Received: 17 December 2019 / Revised: 30 December 2019 / Accepted: 24 January 2020 / Published: 27 January 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
The contribution of tree-ring analysis to other fields of scientific inquiry with overlapping interests, such as forestry and plant population biology, is often hampered by the different parameters and methods that are used for measuring growth. Here I present relatively simple graphical, numerical, and mathematical considerations aimed at bridging these fields, highlighting the value of crossdating. Lack of temporal control prevents accurate identification of factors that drive wood formation, thus crossdating becomes crucial for any type of tree growth study at inter-annual and longer time scales. In particular, exactly dated tree rings, and their measurements, are crucial contributors to the testing and betterment of allometric relationships.
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Keywords:
tree rings; stem growth; crossdating; radial increment
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