Environmental control of flowering periodicity in Costa Rican and Mexican tropical dry forests

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-425

  Borchert, Rolf ^a   Meyer, Stefanie A ^b   Felger, Richard S ^c   Porter Bolland, Luciana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Drylands Institute ^*  (Mexico)

^c Drylands Institute   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Flower induction; Flowering phenology; Mexico; Photoperiodic control; Rainfall periodicity; Tropical deciduous forest; Tropical tree phenology

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; PERIODICITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RAINFALL; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL REGION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA; YUCATAN;

EID: 4344689282     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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