No evidence for consistent long-term growth stimulation of 13 tropical tree species: Results from tree-ring analysis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3762-3776

  Groenendijk, Peter ^a   van der Sleen, Peter ^a,b   Vlam, Mart ^a   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^c   Bongers, Frans ^a   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Santa Cruz Department   (Bolivia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendrochronology; Growth trends; Tree growth; Tree ring analysis; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; TREE; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA; CAMEROON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; THAILAND; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BOLIVIA; CAMEROON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTS; THAILAND; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84941022497     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12955     Document Type: Article

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