WELCOME!
Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research
is a nonprofit research organization founded in 1997 by
Peter
M. Brown. We provide expertise in tree-ring
collection, dating, and analysis to answer
a variety of basic and applied questions in fire
and forest history, paleoclimatology,
and forest ecology and management. Our
Projects page has more information about current and
recent studies, and recent publications can be found
here.
LATEST NEWS
Updated Basics Pages, with
some tricks and tips on sampling, sample preparation, and
how to keep your increment borers clean and sharp.
RMTRR now has
wooden core mounts for sale.
See our
new pages on
tree-ring basics for further information
and for some practical instruction on sample collection and
preparation.
Please browse our
image
gallery of tree-ring and other photos related to
forest ecology (updated sporadically). Click on these or any of the other images on the site
for larger versions. Feel free to use any of these
images in non-commercial applications (although I would like
to know where they are used), but contact me before any
commercial use.
Several additions
have been made to
OLDLIST,
the database of maximum tree ages.
Also have a look at the
Eastern OLDLIST focused on old trees in the eastern US, maintained by
Dr. Neil Pederson at Eastern Kentucky University.
Why
the
black background
(thanks to Neil for alerting me)? |
A fire-scarred ponderosa pine from Mount Rushmore National
Memorial, Black Hills, South Dakota
(click for a larger version)
For further
information:
Dr. Peter M. Brown, Director
Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research
2901 Moore Lane
Ft. Collins, CO 80526 USA
Phone/Fax: 970.229.9557
E-mail: pmb [at] rmtrr [dot] org |
