Tree phenology in montane forests of southern Ecuador can be explained by precipitation, radiation and photoperiodic control

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-258

  Günter, Sven ^a,d   Stimm, Bernd ^a   Cabrera, Manuel ^b   Diaz, Maria Luisa ^b   Lojan, Manuel ^b   Ordoñez, Eduardo ^b   Richter, Michael ^c   Weber, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d Forsteinrichtung Ludwig M   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Mountain ecosystem; Regional variation; Seasonality; South America; Tree phenology; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONTANE FOREST; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SYNCHRONY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CORDILLERA; ECUADOR; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 43649097017     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005063     Document Type: Article

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