Effect of temporal variation in precipitation on the demography of four herbaceous populations in a tropical dry forest area in Northeastern Brazil;Efecto de la variación temporal de la precipitación sobre la demografía de cuatro poblaciones herbáceas en una área de bosque tropical seco en el Noreste del Brasil

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 903-914

  da Silva, Kleber Andrade ^a   de Andrade, Juliana Ramos ^b   dos Santos, Josiene Maria Falcão Fraga ^b   Lopes, Clarissa Gomes Reis ^c   Ferraz, Elba Maria Nogueira ^d   de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^b   de Lima Araújo, Elcida ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Density; Dynamics; Rainfall; Seedling recruitment; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962420522     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v63i4.16538     Document Type: Article

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