Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 370-384

  Bendix, J ^a   Homeier, J ^b   Cueva Ortiz, E ^c   Emck, P ^d   Breckle, S W ^e   Richter, M ^d   Beck, E ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Mountain forest; Phenology; Tropical; Weather cycles

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WEATHER;

ALTITUDE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEATHER;

EID: 33745901301     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-006-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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