Species-specific growth responses to climate variations in understory trees of a central african rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-511

  Couralet, Camille ^a,b   Sterck, Frank J ^c   Sass Klaassen, Ute ^c   Van Acker, Joris ^b   Beeckman, Hans ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aidia ochroleuca; Climate growth relationships; Corynanthe paniculata; Democratic Republic of Congo; Tropical dendrochronology; Xylopia wilwerthii

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT EFFECT; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; WOOD;

CONGO;

AIDIA; CORYNANTHE; CORYNANTHE PANICULATA; XYLOPIA;

EID: 77955021623     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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