"Gaps of deciduousness": Cyclical gaps in tropical forests;"Clareiras de deciduidade": Clareiras cíclicas em florestas tropicais

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-284

  Gandolfi, Sergius ^a   Joly, Carlos Alfredo ^b   Filho, Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest biodiversity; Forest dynamics; Gap dynamics; Light regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549140562     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162009000200020     Document Type: Article

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