5.01.07 - Tree ring analysis
Unit 5.01.07
UNIT NOTICEBOARD
Mark your calendars!
VIII Congreso Forestal Latinoamericano/VIII Latin American Forestry Congress (CONFLAT)
Mendoza, Argentina; 27-30 March 2023
Units involved: 5.00.00, 5.01.07, 9.00.00, Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education
Conference website: https://congresoforestal2023.org.ar/
Registration: https://congresoforestal2023.org.ar/inscripcion
Fidel Alejandro Roig, Argentina
Margaret Devall, United States
About Unit
Mission
To increase the visibility of tree ring research in the forest science community. Connecting people interested in tree rings worldwide by exchanging knowledge and ideas.
History
In 1989 during the All Division 5 Conference in Sao Paulo "Tree Ring Analysis" was established as a Project Group P 5.05 chaired by Dr. Gordon Jacoby. Later, Dr. Fritz H. Schweingruber took over responsibilies and in 1992 well-attended sessions were held during the All-Division 5 Conference in Nancy, France. In 1994, a tree-ring-analysis-in-tropical-trees workshop was organized in Kuala Lumpur together with IAWA (International Association of Wood Anatomists). During a later meeting in Sopron, Hungary, the IUFRO Executive Board accepted a new divisional structure. "Tree Ring Analysis" was considered as a separate IUFRO Unit (5.09). Dr. Rupert Wimmer and Dr. Roland E. Vetter coordinated the activities of "Tree Ring Analysis" from 1997-2000. In August, 2000 a session and a business meeting were held at the XXI IUFRO World Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From 2000-2005 the coordinator of the unit was Dr. Martin Worbes and the deputy coordinators were Dr. Margaret Devall and Dr. Nathsuda Pumijumnong. A session and a business meeting were held in Rotorua, New Zealand during the All Division 5 meeting in March, 2003. In 2005 "Tree Ring Analysis" became IUFRO Unit 5.01.07. The coordinator is Dr. Margaret Devall and the deputy coordinator is Dr. Paolo Cherubini. The unit held popular sessions and a well attended business meeting at the XXII IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane, Australia in August, 2005.
State of Knowledge
Basic ideas and principles of Tree Ring Analysis:
- The Ultimate Tree Ring Web Pages (biggest ressource on earth about Tree Rings, by H.D. Grissino-Mayer)
- The world of trees (informative for all ages)
- Tales Tree tell (by Prof. H.C. Fritts)
- A guide to dendrochronology for educators (excellently done by Lori Martinez, Tucson, Arizona)
- Bristlecone page (learn about tree rings and the oldest living thing on earth, by Leonard Miller)
- Photo gallery of trees and tree-rings (by H.D. Grissino-Mayer)
- Association for Tree-Ring Research