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TREE-RING RESEARCH, Vol. 62(2), 2006, pp. 37­50
DECOUPLING TREE-RING SIGNATURES OF CLIMATE VARIATION,
FIRE, AND INSECT OUTBREAKS IN CENTRAL OREGON
KELLY A. POHL*, KEITH S. HADLEY
Department of Geography
P.O. Box 751
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA
and
KAREN B. ARABAS
Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301, USA
ABSTRACT
Dendroecological methods play a critical role in developing our understanding of forest processes
by contributing historical evidence of climate variability and the temporal characteristics of disturbance.
We seek to contribute to these methods by developing a research protocol for decoupling radial-growth
signatures related to climate, fire, and insect outbreaks in central Oregon. Our methods are based on three

Source: Arabas, Karen - Environmental and Earth Sciences Department, Willamette University

Collections: Environmental Sciences and Ecology; Geosciences