Age and radial growth pattern of four tree species in a subtropical forest of China

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 283-290

  Xing, Pei ^a,b   Zhang, Qi Bin ^a   Baker, Patrick J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age interval; Growth dynamics; Subtropical forests; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE INTERVAL; ANNUAL GROWTH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STRUCTURE; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; GROWTH DYNAMICS; MIXED SPECIES; MULTIPLE SPECIES; RADIAL GROWTH; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS; TIME-PERIODS; TREE RINGS; TREE SPECIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

AGE; CHINA; CLIMATES; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROWTH; RINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICS;

EID: 84858282001     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0590-6     Document Type: Article

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