Growth responses of an African savanna tree, Bauhinia thonningii Schumacher, to defoliation, fire and climate

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-238

  Chidumayo, Emmanuel Ngulube ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Bauhinia thonningii; Phenology; Tree radial growth; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE PROTECTION; GROWTH KINETICS;

CLIMATE FACTORS; GROWTH CYCLES; TREE RADIAL GROWTHS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; DEFOLIATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY;

BAUHINIA;

EID: 33847251555     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0115-x     Document Type: Article

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