Tree specific traits affect flowering time in Indian dry tropical forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 985-998

  Kushwaha, C P ^a   Tripathi, S K ^a,b   Singh, K P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deciduousness; Flowering types; Leaf mass per area; Time lag; Tropical deciduous forest; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRY FOREST; FLOWERING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUITING; LEAF AREA; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

EID: 79956121412     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9879-6     Document Type: Article

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