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Project

Structure, Groxth and population dynamics of Zfzelia sm. Increasing the potential of economically valuable tree species of a central african rainforest, dr congo
Code
01W01312
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • General biology
    • Plant biology
  • Engineering and technology
    • Other materials engineering
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Forestry sciences
Keywords
tropical trees dendrochronology afzelia
 
Project description

The proposed research focuses on four important tropical african forests tree species in te central congo basin, Afzelia africana, A. bella, A. bipendensis and A. pachyloba.In this study, the main objective is to loo for and demonstrate the annual nature of 3 rings in the 4 target 3 species and the links with environmental and climate signals.