Can age be predicted from diameter for the obligate seeder Allocasuarina littoralis (Casuarinaceae) by using dendrochronological techniques?

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-438

  Burley, Alana L ^a,d   Phillips, Stephen ^a   Ooi, Mark K J ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Biodiversity Conservation Science Section   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER; DICOTYLEDON; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

ALLOCASUARINA LITTORALIS; CASUARINACEAE;

EID: 34250893911     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06160     Document Type: Article

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