Diversity of deciduousness and phenological traits of key Indian dry tropical forest trees

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kushwaha, Chandra Prakash ^a   Tripathi, Shri Kant ^a,b   Singh, Gopal Shankar ^a   Singh, Kaushlendra Pratap ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deciduousness; Leaf mass per area; Leaf strategy index; Tropical dry forests; Wood density

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; DRY FOREST; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA; LEAF LITTER; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER STRESS; WOOD;

VINDHYAN BASIN;

EID: 77952409061     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009116     Document Type: Article

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