Reproductive phenology of the three vegetation types from a coastal plain of Paraguana Penninsula (Venezuela);Fenologia reproductiva en tres tipos de vegetacion de la planicie costera de la Peninsula de Paraguana, Venezuela

Acta Cientifica Venezolana

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 266-278

  Lemus Jiménez, Luis José ^a   Ramírez, Nelson ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Flowering phenology; Fruiting phenology; Life form; Reproductive phenology; Vegetation types; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; FRUIT GROWTH; FRUITING; HERB; LITTORAL; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREE GROWTH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VENEZUELA;

FLOWERS; FRUIT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037730239     PISSN: 00015504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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