Climate-growth relationships of the dominant tree species from semi-arid savanna woodland in Ethiopia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 631-641

  Gebrekirstos, Aster ^a   Mitlöhner, Ralph ^a   Teketay, Demel ^b   Worbes, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Forest Stewardship Council Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Acacia species; Balanities aegyptiaca; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; O RINGS; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPEECH;

ACACIA SPECIES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BALANITIES AEGYPTIACA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE PARAMETERS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER INCREMENT; DOMINANT TREE SPECIES; ETHIOPIA; EXTERNAL-; GROWTH BOUNDARIES; PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECIPITATION DATA; RADIAL-GROWTH; SEMI-ARID; SENEGAL; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; SPECTRAL PEAKS; TREE RINGS; TREE SPECIES; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; TREE-RING WIDTH;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MAINTENANCE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION; RESTORATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES; WOOD;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; ACACIA SEYAL; ACACIA TORTILIS; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 52049095290     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0221-z     Document Type: Article

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