1) Background

How to Read and Understand Tree Cores
Previous Literature: 1936 study of tree growth in New England

2) Materials and Methods

Cores Sampling
What are good and bad years?
Data Analysis

3) CORE EXAMPLES: What do tree cores look like?

Sugar Maple core showing all the outstanding "bad years"

4) Results -- RESULTS MENU (below)

WORST years for growth at Hubbard Brook since beginning the Hubbard Brook Ecosytem Study in 1956
            -- species comparisons
            -- elevation comparisons

Long-term Growth: A look at bad and good years for tree growth at Hubbard Brook before and including the HBES

Summary of Results

4) Acknowledgements and References

5) RAW DATA SETS MENU