Tree Ring Analysis

SECTION A: Analyzing radial growth processes 1: A simulation model of conifer ring growth and cell structure, H C Fritts et al, DendroPower, USA 2: Effects of environment on xylogenesis of Norway Spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.), P Horacek et al,University of Agriculture and Forestry, Czech Republic 3: Measuring and interpreting diurnal activity in the main stem of trees, W Gensler, Agricultural Electronics Corporation, USA 4: Diurnal variation and radial growth of stems in young plantation Eucalypts: a preliminary study, G M Downes, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australia SECTION B: Analyzing anatomical and structural features 5: Significance of vertical resin ducts in the tree rings of spruce, R Wimmer, University of Agricultural Sciences, Austria 6: Practical application of annual rings in the bark of Magnolia, Z-Z Zhao, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SECTION C: Tropical tree-ring analysis 7: Remarks on the current situation of tree-ring research in the tropics, R E Vetter, INPA/CPPF, Brazil 8: Identification of annual growth rings based on periodical shoot growth, P P de Mattos, CNPF-EMBRAPA, Brazil 9: Seasonal variations of the vascular cambium of Teak (Tectona grandis L.) in Brazil, M Tomazello, ESALQ/University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and N de Silva Cardoso, Technological Institute of Amazonia/UTAM, Brazil 10: Climate-growth relationships of Teak (Tectona grandis L.) from Northern Thailand, N Pumijumnong, Mahidol University, Thailand 11: Growth periodicity in relation to the xylem development in three Shorea spp. (Dipterocarpaceae) growing in Sarawak, T Fujii, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan 12: Pinus tropicalis growth responses to seasonal precipitation changes in Western Cuba, M M Chernavskaya, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia SECTION D: Tree rings and historical aspects 13: Occurrence of moon rings in oak from Poland during the Holocene, 15: M Krapiec, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland 16: Site chronologies for historical dating in High Asia/Nepal, B Schmidt, Universitat Koln, Germany SECTION E: Tree-ring analysis and environmental interactions 17: A comparison between repeated timber inventories and dendochronological time series for forest monitoring, F Biondi, Inversity of California - San Diego, USA 18: Tree-ring patterns in an old-growth, subalpine forest in southern interior British Columbia, R Parish et al, BC Ministry of Forests, Canada 19: A new detrending method for the analysis of the climate-competition relations in tree-ring sequences, E Piutti, Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Italy and A Cescatti, Italy 20: Dendochronological investigations of climate and competitive effects on longleaf pine growth, R S Meldahl et al, Auburn University, USA 21: Influence of climatic factors on the radial growth of Pinus densiflora from Sogni Mountains in Central Korea, W -K Park et al, Chungbuk University, Republic of Korea