Litterfall of tropical forested wetlands of Veracruz in the coastal floodplains of the Gulf of Mexico

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Infante Mata, Dulce ^a   Moreno Casasola, Patricia ^a   Madero Vega, Carolina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hydroperiod; Liana productivity; Pachira aquatica; Seasonally flooded forest; Swamps; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FLOODING; FLOWER; FORESTED CATCHMENT; FRUIT; HYDROPERIOD; LEAF; LITTERFALL; MANGROVE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ANNONA GLABRA; CERTHIIDAE; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA BROWNEI; HIPPOCRATEA; PACHIRA AQUATICA;

EID: 84857644005     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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