Dendrochronology data from oak and Scots pine in the south of England
MULTIFOR oak tree ring width series
These data are tree ring width series collected from increment cores taken from oak trees in the New Forest, Thetford Forest and Peninsula (Somerset, Devon and Cornwall) regions. The aim of this work was to investigate differences in growth and responses to climate in oak trees across these regions. All sites were in productive managed forests. All sites were stands of pure oak, except UK01, UK02, UK06, UK07, UK15, UK17, UK19, UK22 which were an intimate mixture of oak and Scots pine. These data were collected as part of the MULTIFOR: Management of Multi-Functional Forests project financed by the Forestry Commission with matched funding provided by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund ERDF) within the framework of the European INTERREG IV A 2 Mers Seas Zeeën Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 (Project 090316 016-FR) under the priority to: 'Ensure a sustainable environmental development of the common space'; with the objective to 'Ensure a balanced management of the environment and raise awareness about environmental issues'. See also: Barsoum, N., Eaton, E.L., Levanič, T., Pargade, J., Bonnart, X. and Morison, J.I.L., 2015. Climatic drivers of oak growth over the past one hundred years in mixed and monoculture stands in southern England and northern France. European Journal of Forest Research, 134(1), pp.33-51. region site.id lat,lon Thetford Forest UK01 52.515, 0.676 Thetford Forest UK02 52.507, 0.668 Thetford Forest UK03 52.503, 0.857 Thetford Forest UK04 52.497, 0.852 Thetford Forest UK05 52.425, 0.889 Thetford Forest UK06 52.427, 0.899 Thetford Forest UK07 52.436, 0.855 Thetford Forest UK08 52.434, 0.857 New Forest UK15 50.919, -1.711 New Forest UK16 50.915, -1.710 New Forest UK17 50.929, -1.641 New Forest UK18 50.869, -1.743 New Forest UK19 50.841, -1.663 New Forest UK20 50.865, -1.629 New Forest UK21 50.853, -1.585 New Forest UK22 50.846, -1.538 New Forest UK23 50.634, -4.128 Peninsula UK24 50.865, -3.863 Peninsula UK25 51.046, -3.675 Peninsula UK26 50.983, -3.044 Peninsula UK27 50.569, -3.668 Peninsula UK28 50.484, -4.746 Peninsula UK29 50.785, -3.420 Peninsula UK30 51.187, -3.604 Attribution statement:
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2010-01-13
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1780-01-01
2010-12-31
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2011-01-01
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2016-02-18
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5mm-diameter increment cores were collected at 1.3m above the ground from ~15 oak trees at each site, two cores per tree. Ring width measurements were obtained using the ATRICS system (Levanič, T., 2007. ATRICS-A new system for image acquisition in dendrochronology. Tree-Ring Research, 63(2), pp.117-122) and WinDENDRO, and the cores cross-dated. The data here are the mean values for each ring width (in 0.01 mm) from the two cores taken per tree. For full methodological details see Barsoum, N., Eaton, E.L., Levanič, T., Pargade, J., Bonnart, X. and Morison, J.I.L., 2015. Climatic drivers of oak growth over the past one hundred years in mixed and monoculture stands in southern England and northern France. European Journal of Forest Research, 134(1), pp.33-51. Missing value code is 999 or -9999. The 10 values following the decade are the 10 annual measurements for the 10 years of that decade. First and last decade rows for each core may contain less than 10 values. The standard format is: Core ID Number columns 1-6 Decade columns 9-12 Data Values columns 13-73, 6 columns/measurement, 10(I6) Optional Site ID columns 74-78
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