Age and Long-term Growth of Trees in an Old-growth Tropical Rain Forest, Based on Analyses of Tree Rings and 14C

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-317

  Fichtler, Esther ^a   Clark, Deborah A ^b   Worbes, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Emergent trees; La Selva; Old canopy; Radiocarbon dating; Tree ring analysis; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RADIOCARBON DATING; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

HYMENOBBIUM MESOAMERICANUM; PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 0344530564     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00585.x     Document Type: Article

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