Ubcpress.ca :: University of British Columbia Press

search : contact us : about us : site guide : home

Search Our Catalogue

UBC Press

About UBC Press
Acknowledgements
Conferences & Events
Contact Us
Media Centre
Publishing With UBC Press
Publishers Represented
Staff Directory

Books

Awards
Catalogues
Forthcoming Titles
How To Order
Recent Reviews
Review Copies
Series

Join Our Mailing List

Sign Up
Privacy Statement

ubcpress.ca

About ubcpress.ca
Frequent Questions
Privacy Statement
Site Guide
Website Feedback

Featured Title

DendroScan

A Tree-Ring Width and Density Measurement System

T.M.L. Varem-Sanders I.D. Campbell

$99.95 Paperback
Release Date: 1/1/1996
ISBN: 9780660166599

132 Pages

Distributed for Canadian Forest Service

OTHER WAYS TO ORDER

About the Book

DendroScan is a system developed for measuring tree-ring width and density. Tree rings contain a record of diameter growth and carbon storage in the tree trunk. The width of the rings can be measured using a variety of systems, but the density (carbon storage) is most easily measured by X-ray densitometry. The DendroScan system eables the user to meaure both tree ring width and density, or just ring widths. The system can use prepared wood samples (for ring widths only) or X-ray images. DendroScan is fully described, with discussion of sample preparation, calibration procedures, and data analysis. Information and instructions for the user are included. The DendroScan program is enclosed on a DOS-formatted disk, along with a precalibrated precision wedge for converting X-ray images to density.

About the Author(s)

Author information is not available at this time.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1: System Overview
Part 2: Sample Preparation
Part 3: Scanning Images and Marking Samples
Part 4: DendroScan Users' Manual
Literature Cited
Appendices
Index

Reviews

Reviews of this title are not available at this time.

Sample Chapter

A sample chapter of this title is not available at this time. For further information, please email info@ubcpress.ubc.ca.