The relationship between rainfall, water source and growth for an endangered tree

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-402

  February, Edmund C ^b   West, Adam G ^c   Newton, Rosemary J ^a,b  

^a Seed Conservation Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendrometer band; Radial growth; Rainfall; Stable isotope; Widdringtonia cedarbergensis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FYNBOS; GROWTH RATE; RAINFALL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; CEDARBERG MOUNTAINS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

WIDDRINGTONIA CEDARBERGENSIS;

EID: 34248219467     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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