Reconstructed tupelo-honey yield in northwest Florida inferred from Nyssa Ogeche tree-ring data: 1850-2009

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-108

  Maxwell, Justin T ^a   Knapp, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroagronomy; Natural range of variability; Tree ring reconstruction; Tupelo honey

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HONEY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER FLOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

NYSSA; NYSSA OGECHE;

EID: 84856050443     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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