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Recent technological advancements in the field of dendrology, or the study of tree rings, made the study possible.—
Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2024 While the focus remained production oriented, field classes began to include dendrology (the scientific study of trees) and, by the 1960s, soils and wildlife habitat.—
Jane Braxton Little,
sacbee.com,
23 June 2017