Epicormic branches: A growth indicator for the tropical forest tree, Dicorynia guianensis amshoff (Caesalpiniaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-105

  Nicolini, Eric ^a   Caraglio, Yves ^a   Pélissier, Raphaël ^a   Leroy, Celine ^a   Roggy, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Architecture; Dicorynia guianensis; Epicormic branch; French guiana; Height:diameter ratio; Primary growth; Secondary growth; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; GROWTH; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; TREE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DICORYNIA GUIANENSIS; CAESALPINIOIDEAE;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

PLANT SHOOTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0043236222     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg119     Document Type: Article

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