date: Sat Oct  4 16:21:59 2008
from: Tom Melvin <t.m.melvin@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: Fwd: GCB 08-576 Review information
to: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>

   Keith,
   I have gone through this paper (Tardif) and it is very good.
   They produce empirical evidence to show that the occurence of thin latewood vessel walls
   are not related to absolute temperature but to relative changes (if mean tempertaure is
   more than 2 degrees below recent mean) presumed due to aclimation of trees. By implication
   this suggests that MXD cannot retain long-timescale variance which makes the paper
   important, i.e. you should review it.
   As it comes from Prentice and we may want a favour from him later it ought to be done
   sooner than later.
   Tom
   At 15:08 02/10/2008, you wrote:

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     Dear Dr. Briffa,
     Thank you for agreeing to review this MS for Global Change Biology. We are attaching an
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     Manuscript Number: GCB 08/576
     Manuscript Title: Climatic light rings in Pinus banksiana from the mixed boreal forest
     of central Canada: diagnostic, variability in past centuries, and implications for
     dendroclimatic reconstructions of past temperature changes
     Manuscript Authors: Tardif JC, Epp B, Girardin MP, Conciatori F
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