Das Projekt "Dendroecological Reconstruction of Climate and Stand Dynamics in the Reserach Plots" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft.Leading Questions: How have tree-ring growth rates (at the Long Term Forest Ecosystem Research - LTFER- sites) changes over time and what is the nature of these changes? What is the cause of any observed changes? How have the stands at the LTFER sites evolved? What effects have stand dynamics had on tree-growth in the past? Is it possible to distinguish the role of human activities from the role played by other environmental factors (e.g. climate, genetics)? What kind of climatic events and trends have influenced tree growth at the LTFER sites in the past? To what extent can climatic patterns be reconstructed from tree-ring patterns at the LTFER sites?