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We used dendroecology and sampled vegetation in fixed area plots to reconstruct the disturbance history of this forest fragment and compared the radial-growth averaging criteria and the boundary-line release criteria for identifying canopy disturbances. Structurally, the Stadium Woods has an inverse-J diameter distribution and trees present in all canopy strata. The oldest white oak had periods of asynchronous suppression and release indicating a closed canopy forest with periodic canopy disturbances. The boundary-line release criteria detect a broader range of growth releases, whereas the radial-growth averaging criteria are more specialized for capturing canopy gaps. Release events identified with the boundary-line release criteria lagged an average of 5.8 years behind those identified with the radial-growth averaging criteria because the boundary line release criteria identifies the year of maximum percent growth change, whereas the radial-growth averaging criteria identifies the first year with a detectable increase in radial growth. The Stadium Woods represents a unique collection of unusually large white oak trees growing in a heavily populated area and reveals the importance of long-term tree-ring chronologies stored within urban forest fragments.","author":{"name":"Carolyn A. Copenheaver, John R. Seiler, John A. Peterson, Andrew M. Evans, Jason L. McVay, Justin H. White"},"citation":"Carolyn A. Copenheaver, John R. Seiler, John A. Peterson, Andrew M. Evans, Jason L. McVay, Justin H. White. 2014. Stadium Woods: A dendroecological analysis of an old-growth forest fragment on a university campus. 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