Age determination of large live trees with inner cavities: Radiocarbon dating of Platland tree, a giant African baobab

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 993-1003

  Patrut, Adrian ^a   Von Reden, Karl F ^b   Van Pelt, Robert ^c   Mayne, Diana H ^d   Lowy, Daniel A ^e   Margineanu, Dragos ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Baobab Trust   (South Africa)

^e FlexEl LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Adansonia digitata; Age determination; Growth rate; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHRUB;

AFRICA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 80855132428     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0107-x     Document Type: Article

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