International Conference on Tree-Rings, Environment and Humanity

9320003 Dean这项奖助金将支持美国以外的学者参加1994年“树木年轮、环境与人类：关系与过程国际会议”。特别是，努力将集中于帮助来自第三世界和东欧的研究人员。没有国家科学基金会的支持，这些人无法参加。在世界温带地区，树木每年增加年轮，年轮的厚度和化学成分的差异是由当地环境因素决定的。从成熟树木得到的序列可以覆盖数百年，并提供有关环境变化的极好的信息。树木年轮也具有重要的年代测定功能，因为考古遗址的年轮可以与主序列相匹配。世界上许多地方都进行了树木年轮研究，其结果对许多科学家都有价值。由于这些原因，汇集不同科学家群体的国际会议是极其重要的，1994年的会议将发挥这一作用。近年来，发展中国家的树木年代学研究数量显著增加。因此，有这些地区学者的代表就显得尤为重要。＊＊＊

9320003 Dean This grant will provide support to allow scholars from outside the United States to participate in the 1994 "International Conference on Tree Rings, Environment, and Humanity: Relationships and Processes." In particular, effort will focus on assisting researchers from the third world and Eastern Europe. Without NSF support, such individuals could not attend. In temperate regions of the world, trees add rings annually and differences in the thickness and chemical composition of the rings are determined by local environmental factors. Resultant series from mature trees may cover hundreds of years and provide excellent information on environmental change. Tree rings also serve a valuable dating function since rings from archaeological sites can be matched to master sequences. Tree ring research is conducted in many parts of the world and the results are of value to a wide range of scientists. For these reasons, international conferences which bring together diverse groups of scientists are extremely important and the 1994 meeting will serve this function. The amount of dendrochronological research in the developing world has increased significantly in recent years. Therefore it is particularly important to have representation from scholars in these regions. ***