Phenology and dispersal modes of wood species in the Carrasco, a tropical deciduous shrubland in the Brazilian semiarid

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2263-2289

  de Vasconcelos, Sandra Freitas ^a   de Araújo, Francisca Soares ^b   Lopes, Ariadna Valentina ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deciduous shrubland; Fruit type; Northeastern Brazil; Reproductive phenology; Vegetative phenology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CAATINGA; FLOWERING; FRUITING; HUMIDITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; ZOOCHORY;

BRAZIL;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 77954030098     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9841-x     Document Type: Article

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