Leaf shedding of Pan-Asian tropical evergreen forests depends on the synchrony of seasonal variations of rainfall and incoming solar radiation
Jianping Wu, Yongxian Su, Xiuzhi Chen, Liyang Liu, Xueqing Yang, Fanxi Gong, Hongou Zhang, Xin Xiong, Deqiang Zhang
Topics & Concepts
EvergreenPhenologyPlant litterCanopyDry seasonEnvironmental scienceWet seasonEvergreen forestShortwave radiationTropicsShortwaveAtmospheric sciencesGrowing seasonSpecific leaf areaPhotosynthesisBiologyAgronomyBotanyEcologyEcosystemRadiationRadiative transferGeologyQuantum mechanicsPhysicsPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsRemote Sensing in AgriculturePlant and animal studies