Annual rings in a native Hawaiian tree, Sophora chrysophylla, on Maunakea, Hawai'i

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the many technicians, student assistants and interns for all their hard work in the collection, preparation and processing of samples - Tishanna Ben, Joshua Pang-Ching, Iwikauikaua Joaquin, Rhea Thompson and Leina'ala Hall. We also thank Susan Cordell (U.S. Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry) for helping with access to the Pohakuloa site, and Samuel Brooks (U.S. Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry) for escorting us and helping to collect samples at the Pohakuloa site. We also thank the Climate Center of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for funds to cover the field travel expenses of E. Cook and J. Li for conducting this research (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Contribution No. 7293). P. Baker was supported by a Future Fellowship (FT120100715) from the Australian Research Council. Mamane samples were collected with the collaboration of the Hawai'i State Division of Forestry and Wildlife (Permit DOFAWHA2010- 01). This project was funded by the National Science Foundation's Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) (Award No. 0833211).