The relationship between ring width measures and precipitation for Widdringtonia cedarbergensis

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-216

  February, E C ^a   Stock, W D ^b  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Rainfall reconstruction; Widdringtonia cedarbergensis

Indexed keywords

PODOCARPUS; WIDDRINGTONIA CEDARBERGENSIS;

EID: 0031854485     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30870-X     Document Type: Article

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