Phenology in functional groups of central african rainforest trees

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-374

  Couralet, C ^a   Van Den Bulcke, J ^b   Ngoma, L M ^c   Van Acker, J ^b   Beeckman, H ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques   (Congo)

Author keywords

Climate change; Democratic Republic of Congo; Phenological rhythms; Plant climate interactions; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MULTI-SPECIES COMMUNITIES; PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; PHENOLOGICAL RHYTHMS; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; RAIN; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HISTORICAL RECORD; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHADE TOLERANCE; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTORY;

BIOLOGY; CONGO; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY; RAIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84880892177     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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