Title of article :
AGE OF TREES IN TROPICAL RAINFORESTS ESTIMATED BY TIMING OF WOOD DECAY
Author/Authors :
Ng, FSP Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Malaysia
Abstract :
The age of trees in tropical rainforests where there are no annual dry seasons cannot be obtained by counting annual growth rings because such rings do not develop. However, the decay of wood in the humid tropics appears to be related to time and this relationship may provide a method for estimating the age of trees that have hollow (decayed) cores.
Keywords :
Dendrochronology , growth rings , heart , rot , sapwood
Journal title :
Journal of Tropical Forest Science (JTFS)
Journal title :
Journal of Tropical Forest Science (JTFS)
