Long-term tree ring chronologies from sympatric tropical dry-forest trees: Individualistic responses to climatic variation

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-60

  Enquist, Brian J ^a,c   Leffler, A Joshua ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Costa Rica; Dendrochronology; El Ni o; ENSO; Long term growth; NAO; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0035125749     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001031     Document Type: Article

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