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The performance of selected leaf mulches in temperature reduction and moisture conservation in the upper soil stratum . ... Tropical forest litter decomposition under seasonal drought : nutrient release , fungi and bacteria .

Leaf senescense in the tropical forest seems more clearly triggered by drought stress than by daylength . For the forest as a whole there are two flowering seasons , a major and a minor , that correlate with major and minor seasons of ...

At least two external factors must be recognized as closely associated with leaf - fall in the tropics : water stress and length of day . The influence of water stress is clearly seen in climates subjected to season drought , as in ...

( B ) ( C ) ( 2 ) Deciduous Seasonal Forest occurs where drought is still more intense ; most of the trees shed their leaves in the ... ( 4 ) Lower Montane Rain Forest is luxuriant and comprises the finest forest in the volcanic islands .

dry season . The vegetation gradually merges into a thorny and scrubby forest with rather scattered low trees and plants especially adapted to drought . Still farther away from the equator follows the desert , with high pressures and ...

AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF PLANT SEASONAL VEGETATION 01474 EN BIOMASS O CHLOROPHYLL AND LEAF WATER ON 00732 GRAIN ... EL BANCO DE DATOS 02194 THE LAND USE MAP OF 02281 HE CONTOURING OF A TROPICAL FOREST AREA IN 02285 F RURAL LAND USE FROM ...