Successive cambia development in Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. is not climatically driven in the seasonal climate at Gazi Bay, Kenya

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-96

  Schmitz, Nele ^a,b   Verheyden, Anouk ^b,c   Kairo, James Gitundu ^d   Beeckman, Hans ^b   Koedam, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c North Orange County Community College District   (United States)

^d KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cambial activity; Inundation; Mangrove; Salinity; Tree ring; Tropical dendrochronology

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MANGROVE; PHLOEM; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; TREE RING; XYLEM;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; GAZI BAY; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 34548016759     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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