Erin R. Abadir,^1,*,** Joseph M. Marschall,^1,*** Daniel C. Dey,^2,**** Michael C. Stambaugh<sup>1,*****

1</sup>1Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory School of Natural Resources 1111 Rollins St. University of Missouri C
²2USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station 202 ABNR Building 1111 Rollins St. University of Miss

^*Corresponding author: abadire@missouri.edu; (573) 884-9262
^**Erin Abadir is a Senior Research Technician with the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory at the School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia. She participates in all aspects of research conducted at the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory, which includes studies of fire history, historic climate and environmental conditions, and forest health and disturbance history.
^***Joseph Marschall is a Senior Research Specialist with the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory at the School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia. He is involved in all aspects of research at the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory, which includes studies of fire history, historic climate and environmental conditions, and forest health and disturbance history. In addition to his research with the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory, he is coordinator of the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium, part of the Joint Fire Science Program's Fire Science Exchange Network.
^****Daniel Dey is a Research Forester and Project Leader with the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. His research is broadly focused on silvicultural practices in relation to forest regeneration and restoration management practices in the Central Hardwoods and Great Lakes regions. His research on vegetation and fire history in oak and oak–pine forests provides an ecological foundation for forest restoration work.
^*****Michael Stambaugh is an Associate Research Professor with the School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, and the director of the Missouri Tree-Ring Laboratory. His research focuses on the ecology and management of a range of ecosystems, from forests to grasslands, and commonly uses dendrochronology.