Potential of dendrochronology to assess annual rates of biomass productivity in savanna trees of West Africa

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-51

  Mbow, Cheikh ^a   Chhin, Sophan ^b   Sambou, Bienvenu ^a   Skole, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Dendrochronology; Savanna; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOMASS; RECONSTRUCTION; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION;

SENEGAL;

ACACIA; ACACIA MACROSTACHYA; ACACIA SEYAL; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM GLUTINOSUM; COMBRETUM NIGRICANS; CORDYLA PINNATA; DANIELLIA OLIVERI; ERINACEIDAE; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA MACROPTERA;

EID: 84875634464     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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