Unambiguous and low-cost determination of growth rates and ages of tropical trees and palms

Radiocarbon

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-52

  del Valle, Jorge I ^a   Guarín, Juan R ^a   Sierra, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST;

OENOCARPUS BATAUA; OTOBA;

EID: 84896692708     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/56.16486     Document Type: Article

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