Radiocarbon dating of a very large African baobab

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1569-1574

  Patrut, Adrian ^a   Von Reden, Karl F ^b   Lowy, Daniel A ^c   Alberts, Andries H ^d   Pohlman, John W ^e   Wittmann, Rudolf ^f   Gerlach, Dana ^b   Xu, Li ^b   Mitchell, Clark S ^e  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Tree Research Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adansonia digitata; Age determination; Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 36749071607     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.11.1569     Document Type: Article

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