Dendrochronolgy & Wood Anatomy

The ultimate source for information on all aspects of the science of Dendrochronology and the Dendrochronological community are The Science of Tree Rings Web Pages (by LTRR Alumnus Henri D. Grissino-Mayer).

Databases

Dendrochronology

• International Tree Ring Data Base, ITRDB, holding thousands of tree-ring series
• Dendro Database of WSL

Wood Anatomy

• Inside Wood
• Xylem Database of WSL
• Dendro Image database of WSL showing wood anatomical features
• Microscopic Wood Anatomy of Central European species

Research Institutes

• Dendrochronological research institutes around the world

Our project partners

• Stichting Ring, Dutch Centre for Dendrochronology (dating and provenancing wood)
• Dendro Sciences Unit , Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
• Dendrochronology Laboratory, Hamburg University
• AG Dendrochronologie, Hohenheim University
• Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Göttingen University

Organisations

Dendrochronology

• Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR)
• Tree-Ring Society

Wood Anatomy

• International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA)

Education

Educational Institutes

• Wood Biology Research team, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU)
• Laboratory of Tree-ring Research (LTRR), University of Arizona
• Laboratory of Tree-ring Science, University of Tennessee, Knowville
• Wood Science and Wood Products, Göttingen University

Fieldweeks & conferences

• Announcements of fieldweeks and conferences at the Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages and the webpage of the Association for Tree-Ring Research
• International Winterschool Wood Anatomy of Tree Rings
• Summer school, Laboratory of Tree-ring Research (LTRR), University of Arizona

Literature

Dendrochronology

• Textbooks on Dendrochronology
• Schweingruber, F.H. (1996). Tree Rings and Environment: Dendroecology. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, and Paul Haupt Verlag. 609 pp. ISBN 3-258-05458-4.
• Schweingruber, F.H. (1993). Trees and Wood in Dendrochronology. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. 402 pp.
• Cook, E.R., Kairiukstis, L.A. (1990). Methods of Dendrochronology - Applications in the Environmental Sciences. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. 394 pp
• Fritts, H.C. (1976). Tree Rings and Climate. New York, NY: Academic Press. 567 pp.
• Schweingruber, F.H., Börner, A. and E.-D. Schulze (2006). Atlas of Woody Plant Stems: Evolution, Structure, and Environmental Modifications. Springer Verlag, 229 pp., ISBN 3540325239, 9783540325239
• Articles on Dendrochronology: Bibliography of Dendrochronology (survey on all articles published on Dendrochronology)

Wood Anatomy

• Carlquist, S. (1988). Comparative wood anatomy. Systematic, Ecological, and Evolutionary Aspects of Dicotyledon Wood. Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-London-Paris-Tokyo, 436 pp., 101 Figs., Price DM 362.-
• Fengel, D. and Wegener, G. (1984). Wood: Chemistry, Ultrastructure, Reactions. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin
• Kozlowski, T.T. (1962). Tree Growth. The Ronald Press Company, New York
• Mattheck, C. (1991). Trees. The Mechanical Design. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York.
  
• Panshin, A.J. and de Zeeuw, C. (1980) Texbook of Wood Technology, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York
• Tsoumis, G. (1991). Science and Technology of Wood: Structure, Properties, Utilization. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
• Tyree, M.T. and Zimmermann, M.H. (2003). Xylem Structure and the Ascent of Sap. Springer-Verlag, ISBN-13: 9783540433545 ISBN: 3540433546
• Zimmermann, M.H. ( 1983). Xylem Structure and the Ascent of Sap, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 143 p
  
• Zimmerman, M.H. (1964). The Formation of Wood in Forest Trees. A symposium. Ed. Academic Press, New York, vxi + 562 pp. Illus.
• Zobel , B.J. and van Buijtenen, J.P. (1989). Wood Variation. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York