A review of plant phenology in south and central america

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 91-113

  Morellato, L Patrícia C ^a   Camargo, Maria Gabriela G ^a   Gressler, Eliana ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6925-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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