How old are tropical trees? The persistence of a myth

IAWA Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-260

  Worbes, Martin ^a   Junk, Wolfgang Johannes ^b  

^a Forstbotanisches Institut   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age determination; Dendrochronology; Radiocarbon dating; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

CARINIANA LEGALIS; CARINIANA MICRANTHA;

EID: 0032878485     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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