GROWTH-RING DISTINCTNESS and BOUNDARY ANATOMY VARIABILITY in TROPICAL TREES

IAWA Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 275-294

  Tarelkin, Yegor ^a,b   Delvaux, Claire ^b   De Ridder, Maaike ^b   El Berkani, Thomas ^a   De Cannière, Charles ^a   Beeckman, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

branch; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Growth rings; increment core; phenology; wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977583448     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-20160134     Document Type: Article

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