| water relations of baobab trees (adansonia spp. l.) during the rainy season: does stem water buffer daily water deficits? | baobab trees are often cited in the literature as water-storing trees, yet few studies have examined this assumption. we assessed the role of stored water in buffering daily water deficits in two species of baobabs (adansonia rubrostipa jum. and h. perrier and adansonia za baill.) in a tropical dry forest in madagascar. we found no lag in the daily onset of sap flow between the base and the crown of the tree. some night-time sap flow occurred, but this was more consistent with a pattern of seaso ... | 2006 | 17080930 |
| ams radiocarbon dating of large za baobabs (adansonia za) of madagascar. | the article reports the radiocarbon investigation of anzapalivoro, the largest za baobab (adansonia za) specimen of madagascar and of another za, namely the big cistern baobab. several wood samples collected from the large inner cavity and from the outer part/exterior of the tree were investigated by ams (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating. for samples collected from the cavity walls, the age values increase with the distance into the wood up to a point of maximum age, after which ... | 2016 | 26760300 |