Annual growth rings, rainfall-dependent growth and long-term growth patterns of tropical trees from the Caparo Forest Reserve in Venezuela

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-403

  Worbes, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annual rings; Climate growth relation; Dendrochronology; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Radial wood increment; Tree ring analysis; Tropical semi deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY;

VENEZUELA;

TERMINALIA;

EID: 0033068016     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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