Please cite this article in press as: Speer, J.H., et al., Pinus roxburghii stand dynamics at a heavily impacted site in Nepal: Research through an educational fieldweek. Dendrochronologia (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2016.01.005 ARTICLE IN PRESS G Model DENDRO-25361; No. of Pages 8 Dendrochronologia xxx (2016) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Dendrochronologia journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/dendro Pinus roxburghii stand dynamics at a heavily impacted site in Nepal: Research through an educational fieldweek James H. Speer a,∗ , Achim Bräuning b , Qi-Bin Zhang c , Kambiz Pourtahmasi d , Narayan P. Gaire e,f , Binod Dawadi g , Prabina Rana e , Yub Raj Dhakal j , Ram Hari Acharya g , Dhruba Lochan Adhikari g , Shankar Adhikari h , Prakash Chandra Aryal i , Damodar Bagale g , Binod Baniya j , Sanjaya Bhandari f , Navin Dahal e , Suchana Dahal i , Narmandakh Ganbaatar k , Anjana Giri e , D.B Gurung l , Yeshey Khandu l , Binu Maharjan g , Rajan Maharjan g , Rayees Ahmad Malik m , Cheryl D. Nath n , Bikash Nepal g , Justine Ngoma o , Ramesh Pant f , Mitra Lal Pathak p , Hari Paudel g , Bimal Sharma i , Md Sarwar Hossain q , Bayarbaatar Soronzonbold k , Thida Swe r , Ichchha Thapa f , Achyut Tiwari s a Indiana State University, USA b Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany c State key laboratory of vegetation and environmental change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China d University of Tehran, Iran e Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal f Central Department of Environmental Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Nepal g Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal h University of Melbourne, Creswick, Australia i Golden Gate International College, Tribhuvan University, Nepal j Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal k National University of Mongolia, Mongolia l College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan m Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India n Department of Ecology, French Institute of Pondicherry, India o Copperbelt University, Zambia p National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Government of Nepal, Nepal q Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, United Kingdom r Forest Research Institute, Myanmar s Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 27 July 2015 Accepted 21 January 2016 Available online xxx Keywords: Pinus roxburghii Nepal Education Experiential learning Anthropogenic impact a b s t r a c t The fieldweek associated with the 4th Asian Dendrochronological Association Conference was an excel- lent opportunity for education, networking, and research. The participants and group leaders worked together for five days in an area that was new to some of the group leaders and new to some of the participants which enabled us to learn about forest ecology around Kathmandu and Nagarkot, Nepal. The fieldweek was an excellent networking opportunity and the group leaders and participants bonded which strengthened international research in dendrochronology and continues to foster new research collabo- rations. All of the group leaders and participants had the opportunity to learn about tree-ring formation in Pinus roxburghii at 1500 masl elevation, to explore its wood anatomy, and to examine specific research questions in our field area. In the end we developed a better understanding of the stand-age structure ∗ Corresponding author at: Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Science 159, 600 Chestnut Street, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA. E-mail addresses: jim.speer@indstate.edu (J.H. Speer), achim.braeuning@geographie.uni-erlangen.de (A. Bräuning), qbzhang@ibcas.ac.cn (Q.-B. Zhang), Pourtahmasi@ut.ac.ir (K. Pourtahmasi), npgaire2007@gmail.com (N.P. Gaire), dawadibinod cdhm@yahoo.com (B. Dawadi), prabinar@hotmail.com (P. Rana), dhakalyr@gmail.com (Y.R. Dhakal), achyut@xtbg.org.cn (R.H. Acharya), dladhikari@gmail.com (D.L. Adhikari), sadhikari@student.unimelb.edu.au (S. Adhikari), damu.bagale@gmail.com (D. Bagale), Sanjayabhandari1990@gmail.com (S. Bhandari), enviro.navin@gmail.com (N. Dahal), suchanadahal@gmail.com (S. Dahal), g naraa999@yahoo.com (N. Ganbaatar), anjanagiri73@gmail.com (A. Giri), dbg2006@gmail.com (D.B Gurung), ykhandu71@gmail.com (Y. Khandu), rayeesmalik@ces.iisc.ernet.in (R.A. Malik), cheryl.nath@ifpindia.org (C.D. Nath), bnnepal22@gmail.com (B. Nepal), justinangoma@yahoo.com (J. Ngoma), rpant@cdes.edu.np (R. Pant), youngecologist@gmail.com (M.L. Pathak), Sarwar.Sohel@soton.ac.uk (M.S. Hossain), sbayrbaatar@yahoo.com (B. Soronzonbold), thidaswe@gmail.com (T. Swe), Ichchhthapa12@gmail.com (I. Thapa). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2016.01.005 1125-7865/© 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.