Flowering patterns in a seasonal tropical lowland forest in western Amazonia

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 559-567

  Stevenson, Pablo R ^a   Castellanos, Maria Clara ^a,b   Cortés, Ana Isabel ^a   Link, Andrés ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowering frequency; Phenology; Photoperiod; Plant habits; Proximate factors; Tinigua National Park; Tropical seasonal forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EPISODIC EVENT; FLOWERING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; COLOMBIA; META; SOUTH AMERICA; TINIGUA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 49749121155     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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