Useful strategies for the development of tropical tree-ring chronologies

IAWA Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-253

  Stahle, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual tree rings; Dendrochronology; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CUPRESSACEAE; PINACEAE; VERBENACEAE; XYLARIA;

EID: 0032842404     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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