V_forest_pine_dendro_core_edge

This data set describes a tree ring data set of 146 mature individuals of Scots pine (*Pinus sylvestris*) collected in a replicated ecological study design across Norway’s northernmost county Finnmark. The motivation of the study was to quantify the abundance and growth of Scots pine seedlings in a neighborhood around mature seed trees. This dataset contains the tree ring time series of the seed trees. The dataset consists of the following files:

- A coordinate file that contains sampling coordinates for each seed tree. This file is in a simple text format (.txt).

- A data file that contains the raw measurements of ring width per year for each sample. The data file is given in the Tree Ring Data Standard (TriDaS; [Jansma et al. 2010](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2009.06.009)), which is an XML-based universal standard for dendrochronological data.

Bibliographic citations:

1. Jepsen, J.U., Favero, G., Kråkenes, L., Arneberg, M.K., Vindstad, O.P.L 2025. Tree ring data for pine (*Pinus sylvestris*) from a regional sampling design in Finnmark County, Norway NINA Data report 6. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5331349
2. Favero, G. 2023. Distribution, age and growth dynamics of Scots pine recruits on its northern distributional limit in Norway. Master's thesis, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3076821
3. Kråkenes, L.M.H. 2023. Recruitment of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris L. beyond the edge of its current distribution range in the forest-tundra ecotone of northern Norway. Master's thesis, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3076833