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Limb: A Mini-Borer for Sampling Small Diameter Trees

The dimensions, manufacture and application of a mini-borer to take 3-mm cores are described. This new instrument seems particularly well-suited to determining ages of saplings in situations where collection of cross-sections and coring with standard increment borers are too destructive, and where node-counting may not be sufficiently accurate. The design has resulted in trouble-free use in the field, and the mini-cores can be stored in the straws, and mounted and sanded in the core mounts used for collections of the standard 4-5-mm increment cores.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/262647
Date January 2006
CreatorsHallman, Christine, Parkinson, Scott, Adams, Rex
ContributorsLaboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ 85704
PublisherTree-Ring Society
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
RightsCopyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved.
Relationhttp://www.treeringsociety.org

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