Ground truthing based on vegetation and demographic analyses in areas I (transect), II, III (plots 20×20 m) and IV (plots and transects see 24).

*A. procera produces clearly visible tree rings, which due to occasional supra-annual periods of draught, may not necessarily correspond to annual growth rings . The cores (0,5 cm in diameter) were drilled at breast height through the center of stems>10 cm dbh using a standard dendrochronology drill.