Phenology and water relations of tree sprouts and seedlings in a tropical deciduous forest of South India

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-325

  Saha, Sonali ^a,b   BassiriRad, Hormoz ^a   Joseph, Gladwin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Biological Laboratories   (United States)

^c ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Drought effects; Hydraulic conductivity; Monsoonal forests; Phenology

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SAMPLING; SEED; TISSUE; WATER; WOOD;

BREVI-DECIDUOUS WOOD; TREE SPROUTS; TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST; WOODY SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY; SEEDLINGS; SPROUTS; TERMINALIA CRENULATA; TROPICS; WOOD; XYLEM;

IXORA PARVIFLORA; TERMINALIA;

EID: 21244468388     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0395-y     Document Type: Article

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