A field experiment to determine the effect of dry-season precipitation on annual ring formation and leaf phenology in a seasonally dry tropical forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-242

  Hayden, B ^a   Greene, D F ^a   Quesada, M ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Budburst; Dendrochronology; Mexico; Tree rings; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUDBURST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DRY FOREST; FIELDWORK; FLOWERING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST; WEATHER STATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; PIPTADENIA CONSTRICTA;

EID: 77952523034     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990563     Document Type: Article

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