Audio directory

Click on any of the files below to listen or read. To listen, click on either the low or high quality size (148 k, for example). To read the audio text instead, click on the name of the file under "text version."

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File Title length (time) Audio-clip Text version Comments
Age structures 0:32 148 k age structures Andi Lloyd describes what you can learn from age structures
Tree core 1:16 384 k tree core Andi Lloyd explains how to core a tree-- listen to how it's done!
Cross-dating 1:21 398 k cross-dating Chris Fastie explains how you can cross-date dead trees to figure out when they lived.
Ecology (Lloyd) 0:30 148 k ecology (Lloyd) Andi Lloyd gives her definition of ecology: the study of organisms and their environment.
Ecology (Fastie) 1:28 430 k ecology (Fastie) Chris Fastie explains how he studies and what he does as an ecologist.
Fire at treeline 1:02 310 k fire at treeline Andi Lloyd describes how fire at treeline might affect spruce trees.
Greenhouses 0:33 171 k greenhouses Andi Lloyd explains why we are putting greenhouses over planted seedlings.
Growth form 0:30 254 k growth form Andi Lloyd explains what the growth form of a tree can tell us.
The major question 0:55  275 k major question Andi Lloyd describes the major question: are spruce forests expanding?
Means for people 0:51 244 k means for people Andi Lloyd explains how treeline movement may affect people.
Plant seedlings 0:33 174 k plant seedlings Andi Lloyd describes how and why we are planting experimental seedlings.
Previous data/findings 0:36 183 k previous data Andi Lloyd explains what the previous findings (1997) might mean.
Sawing dead wood 0:55 275 k sawing dead wood Chris Fastie saws dead wood and explains what we can learn.
Seedling counting  0:44 223 k seedling counting Andi Lloyd explains how and why we are counting the seedlings in our study sites.
Soil sampling 3:13 669 k soil sampling Chris Fastie samples soil: listen to him explain how and what we might find.
Soil description 1:09 310 k soil description Chris Fastie describes what the soil layers look like.
Spruce forest 0:40 199 k spruce forest Chris Fastie describes the spruce forest and our study sites.
Stump description 1:03 309 k stump description Chris Fastie describes what a dead stump looks like.
Treeline description 1:16 379 k treeline description Andi Lloyd takes us from treeline to above treeline, describing what she sees.


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