Links
Below are a few of the links we consider to be important, interesting, or somehow related to dendroecological research, as well as environmental research in general. We have also included links to a few resources that have proven incredibly valuable to us in planning and executing our field expeditions, as well as to organizations and groups we are involved with.

Tree-Ring and Forest Research Related Websites

The ULTIMATE Tree-Ring Pages! - the name says it all - go here for all of your tree-ring questions and needs

Bibliography of Dendrochronology - an exhaustive database of tree-ring publications

Dendrochronology Species Database - includes information on woody plant species that have been used in dendrochronological research

International Organization For Plant Information - an excellent source for information on an extensive global plant list

The Climate-Vegetation Atlas - an analysis of plant distributions in North America relative to climate

Treesearch - Forest Service Research & Development - a database of research published through U.S. Forest Service Research Stations

Climatological Data Sources

PRISM Group Climate Data - The PRISM Group at Oregon State University has developed a gridded climate data set using models to incorporate topographic influences into interpolated climate data. This is an incredibly valuable source of data for climate reconstructions based on trees growing on top of mountains that are miles away and above the nearest weather station.

KNMI (The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) - an excellent storehouse and resource for global instrumental data and climatological time series

The United States Historical Climatology Network - a great resource for daily and monthly U.S. climate data

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory - this site provides monthly and seasonal time series of climate data, including divisional data

NOAA Weather Station Data - find data from specific weather stations in the U.S.

NCDC Monthly Teleconnection Indices - a site to learn what teleconnections are, how they may relate to our research, and to gather data

 
Paleoecological Data Sources

NOAA Paleoclimatology Website - Go here for paleoecological data collected from a suite of sources, including:

The International Tree-Ring Databank - the source for tree-ring chronologies from around the world

The International Multiproxy Paleofire Database - a growing database of fire history data

Climate Reconstructions - links to all sorts of climate reconstructions

NOAA/NESDIS North American Drought Variability - links to publications and data on drought variability in the U.S. and North America
 
Maps and Spatial Data

Mytopo.com - an incredible resource for mapping study sites in hard-to-map places, like the corners and edges of USGS quads. This site allows you to delimit the area you wish to have mapped and will seamlessly fit quads together to create beautiful and accurate maps. We strongly recommend this site

Google Earth - this is another great resource for scouting field sites and travel routes

Tree Distribution Maps - based on Little's work using USFS inventory data to determine the distribution of 135 North American trees

Terraserver - this is a great online resource for aerial photographs and topographic maps

Seamless Data Center - this site offers a tremendous amount of spatial data describing the biophysical and cultural landscape of the U.S.

FSGeodata Clearinghouse - a good source for GIS data from federal agencies
 
Associations and Organizations

Association of American Geographers - the primary professional organization of the geographic discipline

American Geophysical Union - a scientific organization that is highly relevant to paleoclimate and paleoecological research

The Ecological Society of America - an diverse association composed of ecologists working on issues within the broad field of ecology related to science, policy, and public awareness

The International Biogeography Society - a society of biogeographers from all parts of the globe and all research areas of the discipline

The Tree-Ring Society - an international community of dendrochronologists

Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation - an non-profit organization dedicated to preserving whitebark pine ecosystems

 
Other Tree-Ring Laboratories We Have Worked With

The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona, Tucson

The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

The Tree Ring Lab, Portland State University