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Radiocarbon estimates of age and growth for a dominant Amazon palm species |
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| Authors: | Daniel Magnabosco Marra Adriano J N Lima Bruna de Oliveira dos Santos Niro Higuchi Susan Trumbore |
| Institution: | 1. Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany;2. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil;3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências de Florestas Tropicais (PPG-CFT/INPA), Manaus, Brazil;4. Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, USA |
| Abstract: | We used destructive sampling to assess 14C-calibrated age and growth of five individuals of Oenocarpus bataua from 7.35 to 21.6 m of total height. The largest individual was 59-year-old. Age decreased from the collar to the top of the aboveground stem and was positively correlated with number of leaf-scars and height. |
| Keywords: | 14C age estimation and structure ARECACEAE biomass forest dynamics and management Oenocarpus bataua patauá |