Interannual variation in the phenology of a tree community in a semideciduous seasonal forest in southeast Brazil;Variações interanuais na fenologia de uma comunidade arbórea de floresta semidecídua no sudeste do Brasil

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 756-764

  Rubim, Paulo ^a,b   Nascimento, Henrique E M ^c   Morellato, Leonor Patrícia C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Climate changes; Day length; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649823916     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-33062010000300019     Document Type: Article

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