Code
01W01312
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- General biology
- Plant biology
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Engineering and technology
- Other materials engineering
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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.