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Successive cambia development in <i>Avicennia marina</i> (Forssk.) Vierh. is not climatically driven in the seasonal climate at Gazi Bay, Kenya

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This study is intended to provide early access to recent findings on the formation of the successive cambia of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. in Kenya. The non-annual character of the growth layers was demonstrated by using three trees from a cambial marking experiment and three trees from a plantation of known age. The respective number of growth layers produced during one year was on average a half and three. Considering 28 stem disks of trees at three study sites, differing in local site conditions, growth layer development was shown to be strongly correlated with stem diameter (R²=0.84, pA. marina (from Kenya)

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