Seasonal leaf dynamics across a tree density gradient in a Brazilian savanna

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-316

  Hoffmann, William A ^a   Da Silva Jr , Edson Rangel ^b,c   Machado, Gustavo C ^b   Bucci, Sandra J ^d   Scholz, Fabian G ^e   Goldstein, Guillermo ^d,e   Meinzer, Frederick C ^f  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis IBAMA   (Brazil)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Leaf area index; Phenology; Tropical forest; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 27444431677     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0129-x     Document Type: Article

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