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Author:   Rosanne D'Arrigo ,  Nicole Davi ,  Gordon Jacoby ,  Rob Wilson
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   American Geophysical Union
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781118848722

ISBN 10:   1118848721
Pages:   88
Publication Date:   16 May 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface  v Acknowledgments  vii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Overview 1 1.2. Basic Tree-Ring Principles 1 1.3. Polar Amplification of Global Warming and Impacts on Forests 3 1.4. “Northern Archive” Synthesis 6 2. Tree-Ring Investigations at Northern Latitudes 7 2.1. Initial Studies 7 2.2. Site Selection 8 2.3. Tree-Ring Parameters and Processing: Ring Width and Maximum Latewood Density 9 3. Selected Local to Regional TRL-LDEO Northern Tree-Ring Studies 13 4. The Broader Context of Northern Dendroclimatic Studies 19 4.1. North America 19 4.2. Eurasia 21 4.3. Tree-Ring Chronology Networks 21 5. Temperature Reconstructions for the Northern Hemisphere 23 5.1. Initial Attempts 23 5.2. Evolution of NH Temperature Reconstructions 25 5.3. Reconstructed NH Temperature Trends 31 5.4. Standardization of NH Tree-Ring Temperature Reconstructions 33 6. Tree Growth Issues in the Anthropogenic Era: CO2 Fertilization and the “Divergence Problem” 37 6.1. CO2 Fertilization 37 6.2. The Divergence Problem 38 7. Conclusions and Future Challenges 43 Glossary 51 References 57 Core TRL-LDEO Publications on Northern Forests 67 Index 75 Color plate section is located between pages 36 and 37. 

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I enjoyed the short format, and would support the production of further AGU OPUS themed syntheses, but would respectfully suggest that the programme reviews the format to permit a wider scope for general themes and greater detail for more specialist topics. (The Holocene, 1 February 2015)

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Author Information

Rosanne D’Arrigo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA Nicole Davi, William Paterson University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA Gordon Jacoby, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA Rob Wilson, University of St. Andrews, UK and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA Greg Wiles, The College of Wooster and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA  

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