Reproductive phenology of a northeast Brazilian mangrove community: Environmental and biotic constraints

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 682-692

  Nadia, Tarcila de Lima ^a   Morellato, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira ^b   Machado, Isabel Cristina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avicennia schaueriana; Conocarpus erectus; Flowering and fruiting pattern; Laguncularia racemosa; Pollination; Rhizophora mangle

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAY LENGTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; FRUITING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MANGROVE; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYNCHRONY;

BRAZIL;

AVICENNIA; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 84865990733     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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