Phenology of Atlantic Rain Forest Trees: A Comparative Study

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 32; no. 4b; pp. 811 - 823
• Main Authors: Morellato, L. Patnicia C., Talora, Daniela C., Takahasi, Adrians, Bencke, Cinara C., Romera, Eliane C., Zipparro, Valescka B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2000; Association for Tropical Biology
• Subjects: Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Climate models; Coastal forests; flowering; flowers; Forest trees; Fruiting; leaf fall; leaf flush; leaves; Montane forests; Phenology; Rain; seasonality; Trees; tropical forest; Tropical forests; Tropical rain forests; Brazil

This paper describes the phenology of leaf, flower, and fruit phenology in the Atlantic rain forests of southeastern Brazil. For 17 months, we observed the phenological patterns of trees from two Atlantic forest types at four sites: premontane forest (Sites I and IV; the "typical" Atlantic...