Flood-promoted vessel formation in Prioria copaifera trees in the Darien Gap, Colombia

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1079-1089

  López, Janeth ^a   Del Valle, Jorge I ^a   Giraldo, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Annual growth ring formation; Annually flooded forests; Diffuse porous wood; Ring porous wood; River level reconstruction; Tropical dendrochronology

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLOODING; LEGUME; POROSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TREE RING; WATER LEVEL;

COLOMBIA; DARIEN GAP;

PRIORIA COPAIFERA;

EID: 84923386546     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu077     Document Type: Article

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