Insolation and photoperiodic control of tree development near the equator

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-13

  Borchert, Rolf ^a   Calle, Zoraida ^b   Strahler, Alan H ^c   Baertschi, André ^d   Magill, Robert E ^e   Broadhead, Jeremy S ^f   Kamau, John ^g   Njoroge, Julius ^h   Muthuri, Catherine ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Center for Research on Sustainable Agriculture (CIPAV)   (Colombia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Santa Rita 105 Monterrico Surco   (Peru)

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^f LEAF Program   (Thailand)

^g University of Agriculture and Technology   (Kenya)

^h WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African monsoon forest; Daily insolation; Latitudinal variation of tropical tree phenology; Photoperiodic control of tree development; South American equatorial rainforest; Tropical semi deciduous forest; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIRCRAFT; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAIN FOREST; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AIRCRAFT; FLOWERS; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RAIN; RAINFOREST; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84911870520     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12981     Document Type: Letter

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