Asynchronous response of tropical forest leaf phenology to seasonal and el niño-driven drought

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Pau, Stephanie ^a,b   Okin, Gregory S ^a   Gillespie, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; EL NINO; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRECIPITATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WIND; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOREST; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE INDEX; TREND STUDY;

DROUGHTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77956218746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011325     Document Type: Article

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