An Extractor Device for Stuck or Broken Increment Borers

N. J. Loader; J. S. Waterhouse

doi:10.3959/1536-1098-70.2.157

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N. J. Loader,^1,* J. S. Waterhouse²

¹1 Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
²2 Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK

^*Corresponding author: dendro@swansea.ac.uk

Abstract

A lightweight, portable device for extracting stuck or broken increment borers is presented and its operation described. The “Decorum” extractor is compact and weighs less than 400 g. It is easily carried in a belt pouch or pocket and is both reliable and easy to operate. The extractor does not require fixed tie points nor does it damage the tree. It offers an effective solution to a widely occurring problem in dendrochronology and forest research.

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N. J. Loader and J. S. Waterhouse "An Extractor Device for Stuck or Broken Increment Borers," Tree-Ring Research 70(2), 157-160, (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.3959/1536-1098-70.2.157

Received: 31 October 2013; Accepted: 1 March 2014; Published: 1 July 2014

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