Environmental drivers on leaf phenology of ironstone outcrops species under seasonal climate

• Published in: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 131 - 143
• Main Authors: GARCIA, LETÍCIA C., BARROS, FERNANDA V., LEMOS-FILHO, JOSÉ P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2017
• Subjects: Brazil; Canga; day length; drought stress; Ecosystem; evergreen; Iron - chemistry; leaf shedding; MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES; Photoperiod; Plant Leaves - physiology; Rain; Seasons; Soil - chemistry; Temperature; Time Factors; Trees - physiology; Tropical Climate; tropical ecosystems; day length; leaf shedding; drought stress; evergreen; tropical ecosystems; Canga

Banded iron formations (BIF) have a particular vegetation type and provide a good model system for testing theories related to leaf phenology, due to unique stressful environmental conditions. As a consequence of the stressful conditions of BIF environment, we hypothesize that most species would ret...