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

Promotor

Joris Van Acker

Fellow

Patrick Onotamba Kondjo

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.