Do seasonal changes in light availability influence the inverse leafing phenology of the neotropical dry forest understory shrub Bonellia nervosa (Theophrastaceae)?

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 257-268

  Chaves, Oscar M ^a,b,c   Avalos, Gerardo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Instituto para la Conservación Y el Desarrollo Sostenible San José   (Costa Rica)

^c INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^d Center for Sustainable Development Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonellia nervosa; Inverse phenology; Photoperiodic induction; Santa Rosa National Park; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BONELLIA NERVOSA; THEOPHRASTACEAE;

EID: 47749100449     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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