Dendro Lab
Fields of activity
Dendroecology
- Stem analysis and growth reconstruction
- Age determination and dating dead wood for demographic studies (Dendrochronology, Radiocarbon-dating)
- Analysis of hemispherical (fisheye) photographs
- Foliage analysis
Fire ecology
- Forest fire history, events and frequencies
Sample preparation
- for dendro- and fireecological analysis
- for stable isotope analysis (C,N,O) and Radiocarbon AMS-Measurement
Equipment
- LINTAB system (growth rate and tree-ring measurement of increment cores, stem discs and other wood samples)and TSAP-Win (program for tree-ring analysis and presentation)(http://www.rinntech.de/)
- WinDENDRO (semi-automatic system for tree-ring measurement and analysis using a high precision scanner) and WinSCANOPY (canopy and solar radiation analysis system) (http://www.regentinstruments.com/)
- Gap Light Analyzer (GLA)(canopy and solar radiation analysis software) (http://www.ecostudies.org/gla/)
- OxCal 4.0 (calculation of probable age ranges through radiocarbon calibration etc.) (http://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/oxcal/OxCalPlot.html)
- Binocular microscopes, microtome, chainsaws, increment borer, hatchets, knives, ...