Abstract This chapter overviews long-standing foundations, methods, and concepts of dendrochronology, yet also pays attention to a few related paradigm shifts driven by isotope measurements in tree-rings. The basics annual ring formation are first reviewed, followed structural descriptions tree-rings at the macroscopic-to-microscopic scale including earlywoodandlatewoodin conifers (gymnosperms)...

This paper explores the possibility of using theories and concepts from the field of environmental psychology as a framework for understanding perception ofand interaction with web pages. A qualitative pilot experiment has been conducted in order to investigate potential similarities in how people interact with, and perceive web pages and real world environments. This study indicates that perce...