Map of Sampling Locations in the US Southwest (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Map of Sampling Locations in the US Southwest

Caption

This map shows the geographic distribution of the tree-ring samples taken from forest trees in the US Four Corners states: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Samples taken by the US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis program are shown in blue. The samples taken and included in the International Tree-Ring Data Bank are shown in red.

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Stefan Klesse, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

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