Long tree-ring chronologies provide evidence of recent tree growth decrease in a central african tropical forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Battipaglia, Giovanna ^a,b   Zalloni, Enrica ^a   Castaldi, Simona ^a   Marzaioli, Fabio ^a   Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto ^c   Lasserre, Bruno ^d   Tognetti, Roberto ^d,e   Marchetti, Marco ^d   Valentini, Riccardo ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^e The EFI Project Centre on Mountain Forests (MOUNTFOR)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; CARBON;

ANNUAL RING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CAMEROON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STUNTING (PLANT); TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREE GROWTH; TREE TRUNK; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; CENTRAL AFRICA; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84926286882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120962     Document Type: Article

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