21st Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF)

The Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, Virginia

August 1st through August 9th, 2011

The 21th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) will be held at the Mountain Lake Biological Station in Virginia.  The fieldweek will run from August 1st through August 9th and registration fees will be $800 US for students and $950 US for professionals.  Students should send a photocopy of their student ID with their registration.  Your registration fee includes room and board for the entire week.  Please register online at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/nadef/.  Registration fees are due by June 17th, 2011.

If you have any questions about the fieldweek please contact:

Jim Speer
Associate Professor of Geography and Geology
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
812-237-3011
jim.speer@indstate.edu  

Register and pay online at:

http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/nadef/.

The group leaders and projects are:

Group Leader(s)    Project   Downloads
Grant Harley (University of Tennessee)   Introductory Group: This group will learn the basics of dendrochronology, including more time spent on site and tree selection, crossdating, detrending, and understanding chronology. This group will take the time to survey the techniques of the other projects.   Paper

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Margot Kaye (Penn State)   Fire History: Chestnut oak fire history from the Warspurr Trail.   Paper

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Carolyn Copenheaver (Virginia Tech) and Audrey
Zink-Sharp (Virginia Tech)		   Wood Anatomy: Explore the wood anatomy of pitch pine.   Paper

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Henri Grissino-Mayer (University of Tennessee)   Dendroarchaeology: Conduct a dendroarchaeological project on an old cabin.   Paper

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Dave Stahle (University of Arkansas)   Dendroclimatology: Conduct a dendroclimatic reconstruction at the Cliffs of Eggleston overlooking the New River.   Paper

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Bryan Black (Hatfield Marine Science Center)   Sclerochronology:  Examine the rings in the shells of fresh water muscles or salt water clams.   Paper

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