Climate/growth relationships of Brachystegia spiciformis from the miombo woodland in south central Africa

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-171

  Trouet, Valérie ^a   Esper, Jan ^b,c   Beeckman, Hans ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brachystegia spiciformis; ENSO; Miombo; Sub Saharan Africa; Tree rings; Tropical dendrochronology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH RATE; SEASONALITY; TREE RING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION; WOODLAND;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRACHYSTEGIA SPICIFORMIS;

EID: 79956086982     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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