Dendrochronology of Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forests

Saturday, October 28, 2023

11:00am - 11:30am PST

Location: A5

Speaker(s)

Alan Toczydlowski, MS

Researcher
University of Minnesota
St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Author(s)

Marcella Windmuller-Campione, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
SAF Program Chair for the 2023 Committee on National Convention Programs
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Floodplain forests of the Upper Mississippi River System are important and complex ecosystems currently threatened by hydrologic alterations, invasive species, and climate change. We are using tree ring and wood anatomy analysis to develop successional histories of these forests to guide restoration and management.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the importance of and threats to floodplain forest ecosystems.
Describe how dendrochronology and wood anatomy analysis can be used to develop forest successional histories.
Consider the future management of floodplain forests and how that may change.