Journal
DENDROCHRONOLOGIA
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 237-243Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2010.12.002
Keywords
Earlywood; Juniperus virginiana; Latewood; Measuring stage; Image analysis
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- NASA WV Space Grant Consortium
- West Virginia University Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
- Explorers Club Washington
- D.C. Group
- National Science Foundation [0925114]
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Crossdating is the core principle of dendrochronology. Our study compared two techniques for measuring and crossdating tree rings using Juniperus virginiana L (eastern redcedar) as a case study. We used a pseudo 2 x 2 study design comparing the traditional skeleton plot/sliding measuring stage technique to a semiautomatic image analysis program across two technicians. Crossdating was evaluated in COFECHA. Raw measurements of total, earlywood, and latewood widths from the two methods were analyzed using the Verify for Windows program, ANOVA, and correlation matrices. Total ring width and earlywood width were well correlated between techniques and technicians but questionable ring boundaries from image analysis program should be checked under a stereoscope. Juniperus virginiana latewood widths were significantly different between techniques and technicians; therefore, we do not recommend combining latewood measurements from species with limited latewood variability for dendrochronological analysis. A standard definition of the earlywood-latewood boundary that can be replicated across technicians is needed to combine latewood measurements from the sliding measuring stage and image analysis systems. (C) 2011 Istituto Italiano di Dendrocronologia. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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