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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.
