Reproductive phenology of the main tree species in the Roraima Savanna, Brazilian Amazon

Ecotropica

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-92

  Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio ^a   Mourão Jr , Moisés ^b   Casadio, Giliola Maria Lima ^c   Da Silva, Silvio José Reis ^d  

^a National Institute for Research in Amazonia   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^c Roraima State Foundation for Environment and Water Resources   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE RORAIMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Byrsonima; Climatic synchrony; Curatella; Reproductive phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878439973     PISSN: 09493026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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