biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 37:291-295, 1995 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02913228

Seasonal differences in nitrogen storage in deciduous and evergreen species of a tropical dry forest

M. A. Sobrado1
1 Departmento de Biologia de Organismos, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

Reserves of twig nitrogen of drought-deciduous species changed seasonally and provided some of the nitrogen required for canopy reconstruction after drought relief. By contrast, in evergreen species, nitrogen mobilization from old leaves and use in expanding leaves occurred simultaneously at the time of leaf exchange and twig nitrogen remained constant

Keywords: Beureria cumanensis; Capparis aristiguetae; Coursetia arborea; Lonchocarpus dipteroneurus; Morisonia americana; Pithecellobium dulce

Received: June 14, 1994; Accepted: September 17, 1994; Published: June 1, 1995  Show citation

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Sobrado, M.A. (1995). Seasonal differences in nitrogen storage in deciduous and evergreen species of a tropical dry forest. Biologia plantarum, 37(2), 291-295. doi: 10.1007/BF02913228
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