Seasonal variations in leaf pigments and nutrients in "cerrado" species with different phenological patterns;Variações sazonais nas concentrações de pigmentos e nutrientes em folhas de espécies de cerrado com diferentes estratégias fenológicas

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-27

  Carvalho, Ana Paula F ^a   Bustamante, Mercedes M C ^a   Kozovits, Alessandra R ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophylls; Phenology; Savanna; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448963807     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-84042007000100003     Document Type: Article

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