"Gaps of deciduousness": cyclical gaps in tropical forests

A new concept named "gaps of deciduousness" is introduced for the momentary annual bright places that appear under tropical and subtropical deciduous canopy trees when they are leafless, a cyclical kind of gap totally different from treefall gaps, whose importance in the regeneration ecolo...

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Main Author: Gandolfi,Sergius (author)
Other Authors: Joly,Carlos Alfredo (author), Leitão Filho,Hermógenes de Freitas (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162009000200020
Country:Brazil
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