Title of article
AGE OF TREES IN TROPICAL RAINFORESTS ESTIMATED BY TIMING OF WOOD DECAY
Author/Authors
Ng, FSP Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Malaysia
From page
437
To page
441
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)
Record number
2574552
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