2017

27th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF)

A.L. Mickelson Field Station, Wyoming, USA

Groups:

Introductory: Grant Harley (University of Idaho), Stockton Maxwell (Radford University), and Christopher Gentry (Austin Peay State University)

  • Comparing site specific chronologies of Lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce in the Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming

Ecotone Shifts from Climate Change: Margot Kaye (Penn State University) and Jim Speer (Indiana State University).

  • Upward elevational expansion of whitebark pine at Bird Mountain, Wyoming

Blue Intensity Analysis: Rob Wilson (University of St Andrews) and Lauren Stachowiak (Eastern Washington University)

  • Site ecological influences on the ability of Blue Intensity and ring-width from Engelmann spruce to reconstruct past summer temperatures

Dendroclimatology: Matt Bekker (Brigham Young University), Justin DeRose (US Forest Service), and Joey Pettit (Utah State University).

  • Multi-centennial precipitation reconstruction for the Clarks Fork drainage

Fire History: Peter Brown (Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research) and Sabrina Brown (University of Nebraska).

  • Pyro-Dendrochronological Reconstruction of Fire in Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Stands of the Clarks Fork Ranger District, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming: 1584-2017 AD

Treeline Dendroecology: Maegen Rochner (University of Tennessee)

  • Dendroecological Evaluation of Whitebark Pine as a Facilitator Species on Subalpine Tree Islands, Beartooth Plateau, Wyoming, U.S.A.
NADEF 2017 Final Report.pdf