... in Ver-mont. Vt Agr Exp Sta, RR 53, Univ Vt, Burlington,VA, USA, 9 pOriginal articleElement analysis of tree rings in pedunculate oak heartwood: an indicator of historical ... tree- ring analysis on the heartwood of pedunculate oak as an indi-cator of temporal trends in some chemicalproperties of the soil. We worked in a forest included in ... 1938 and 1967. Finally, tree- ring analysis of oak heartwood appeared to be an effective approach to reveal historical changes in forest soil chemistry. tree ring / pedunculate...