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Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions: study

Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 05, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Planting depth's effect on container-grown trees

Many landscape trees are started in-ground, then sold as bare-root ''liners'' to producers who plant them in large containers to grow. To minimize wind damage and to facilitate transport from potting areas ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Introducing L-PEACH: Tool for understanding peach tree development

In peach trees, as in other plants, the energy used to create carbohydrates that support growth and development comes from solar radiation through the process of photosynthesis. Peach tree productivity is ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing the wood for the trees: New study shows sheep in tree-ring records

Nibbling by herbivores can have a greater impact on the width of tree rings than climate, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, could ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study Finds Oldest Trees Grow Slowest - Even as Youngsters

(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly published study has found that the oldest trees in the forest also grow the slowest - and they likely aren’t the prettiest.

Biology /

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0