Annual Growth Patterns of Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Along Salinity Gradients

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 831-839

  Thomas, Brenda L ^a   Doyle, Thomas ^b   Krauss, Ken ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baldcypress; Salinity; Taxodium distichum; Tidal freshwater swamp; Tree growth; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; SALINITY; SAVANNA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SWAMP; TREE RING;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH RIVER; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WACCAMAW RIVER;

TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84937966312     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0659-x     Document Type: Article

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