Tree-ring measurements from permanent study plot in old-growth hemlock-hardwood forest, Dukes RNA, Hiawatha NF, Marquette Co., MI

This package includes tree growth-ring widths for increment cores collected from a long-term 'macroplot' established in old-growth hemlock-northern hardwoods forest at the Dukes Research Natural Area/Dukes Experimental Forest in the Hiawatha National Forest in Marquette Co., MI. Tree demographic monitoring data for the entire ca. 3.0 ha macroplot, from 1992 to 2019, are available in the EDI package edi.1526.1. In 1993, 1994 and 1995, increment cores were taken for all 'core-able' trees greater than ~ 10 cm diameter for a subsection of the macroplot about 1 ha in area. Trees that were obviously badly rotten and hollow or steeply leaning were not cored. Cores are not cross-dated. See Methods for more details. This data-package may be cross-referenced to the demographic data in edi.1526.1 using stem numbers.