Assessing long-term changes in tropical forest dynamics: A first test using tree-ring analysis

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-124

  Rozendaal, Danaë M A ^a,b,c   Soliz Gamboa, Claudia C ^a,b   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Universidad Autonoma de Beni UAB   (Bolivia)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelated growth; Bolivia; Forest dynamics; Growth release; Ontogeny; Tree turnover

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATED; BOLIVIA; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RELEASE; ONTOGENY; TREE TURNOVER;

AUTOCORRELATION; CORRELATION DETECTORS; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY;

BOLIVIA; CORRELATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; ONTOGENY;

EID: 78651431978     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0478-x     Document Type: Article

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