How do habitat and climate variation affect phenology of the Amazonian palm, Mauritia flexuosa?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-259

  Khorsand Rosa, Roxaneh ^a   Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio ^b   Koptur, Suzanne ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian ecology; Arecaceae; Brazil; dioecy; flower fruit phenology; habitat; palm ecology; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; FRUIT; HABITAT SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

BRAZIL; RORAIMA;

ARECACEAE; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 84878456927     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467413000242     Document Type: Article

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