2018

28th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF)

A.L. Mickelson Field Station, Wyoming, USA

Groups:

Introductory Group: Becky Brice (University of Arizona) and Karen Heeter (University of Idaho)

• An examination of the growth and climate response of multiple co-occurring species at the Stacked Rock site, Absaroka Mountains, WY

Introductory Dendroclimatology: Matt Bekker (Brigham Young University) and Justin DeRose (US Forest Service)

• Climate response and drought history for the Sunlight Basin area, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, WY

Advanced Dendroclimatology (multi-proxy): Grant Harley (University of Idaho) and Stockton Maxwell (Radford University)

• Reconstructing hydroclimate for the Greater Yellowstone Ecoregion

Ecotone Shifts from Climate Change: Margot Kaye (Penn State University), Jim Speer (Indiana State University), and Maegen Rochner (University of Tennessee)

• Upward elevational expansion of whitebark pine at Bird Mountain, Wyoming (cont. from 2017)

Fire History: Christopher Gentry (Austin Peay State University), Joey Pettit and Jessika Pettit (Utah State University)

• High elevation fire history reconstruction and post-fire stand regeneration in the Shoshone National Forest, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Insect Outbreaks (dendroentomology): Jodi Axelson (University of California—Berkeley)

• Reconstructing historical Choristoneura freemani outbreaks using Pseudotsuga menziesii in the greater Yellowstone region, Wyoming, U.S.A.