Leaf age and the timing of leaf abscission in two tropical dry forest trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-401

  Gutiérrez Soto, Marco V ^a   Pacheco, Adriana ^b   Holbrook, N Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronium graveolens; Bombacopsis quinata; Phenology; Tropical dry forest; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEFOLIATIONS; LEAF SHEDDING; WATER POTENTIAL;

FORESTRY;

ASTRONIUM; BIOMASS; BOMBACOPSIS; E I S; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ANACARDIACEAE; ASTRONIUM GRAVEOLENS; BOMBACOPSIS QUINATA; MALVACEAE; PACHIRA QUINATA;

EID: 43149102280     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-007-0200-9     Document Type: Article

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