Dendrochronology in the dry tropics: The Ethiopian case

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-354

  Wils, T H G ^a,b,c   Sass Klaassen, U G W ^d   Eshetu, Z ^e   Brauning A ^f   Gebrekirstos, A ^g   Couralet, C ^h,i   Robertson, I ^a   Touchan, R ^j   Koprowski, M ^k   Conway, D ^l   Briffa, K R ^l   Beeckman, H ^h  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^h ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Acacia; Juniperus procera; Ring formation; Tree rings; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; JUNIPERUS PROCERA; RING FORMATION; TREE RINGS; WOOD ANATOMY;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

TROPICS;

ACACIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PROCERA;

EID: 79956116567     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0521-y     Document Type: Review

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