Potential of tree-ring analysis in a wet tropical forest: A case study on 22 commercial tree species in Central Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 323, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-78

  Groenendijk, Peter ^a   Sass Klaassen, Ute ^a   Bongers, Frans ^a   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Forest management; Radiocarbon dating; Timber species; Tree ring analysis; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; RAIN; TIMBER; TROPICS;

CAMEROON; RADIOCARBON DATING; TIMBER SPECIES; TREE-RING ANALYSIS; TROPICAL WET FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CHRONOLOGY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MONITORING; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFALL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; RAIN; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84898860397     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.037     Document Type: Article

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