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Abstract
Several plant communities in central Panama, each community located near a weather station, contain trees with annual growth rings, i.e.
Cordia alliodora,
Pseudobombax septenatum, and
Annona spraguei. Tree-ring data are particularly valuable when concomitant weather information is readily available. Patterns of growth for the above species of trees were investigated across central Panama in relation to climate. A linear aggregate climate model was fitted to chronologies of each species at three sites along a rainfall gradient. Comparisons were made among sites to help explain how climate influences tree growth within central Panama.
Citation
Devall, Margaret S.; Parresol, Bernard R.; Wright, S. Joseph. 1995. Dendroecological Analysis of
Cordia alliodora,
Pseudobombax septenatum and
Annona spraguei in Central Panama. IAWA Journal, Vol. 16 (4), 1995: 41l-424
