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Provedor de dados: |
Acta Botanica
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País: |
Brazil
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Título: |
Reproductive phenological pattern of Calotropis procera (Apocynaceae), an invasive species in Brazil: annual in native areas; continuous in invaded areas of caatinga
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Autores: |
Sobrinho,Mellissa Sousa
Tabatinga,George Machado
Machado,Isabel Cristina
Lopes,Ariadna Valentina
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Data: |
2013-06-01
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Ano: |
2013
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Palavras-chave: |
Asclepiadoideae
Flowering
Fruiting
Life history
Phenological plasticity
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Resumo: |
In this study, we evaluated the phenological patterns (vegetative and reproductive) of Calotropis procera (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) in Brazil, comparing its phenology in an area where it is invasive with that observed in areas to which it is native. Phenological observations were carried out over a 24-month period at sites in and around areas of caatinga (shrublands). We estimated the relative frequency of each phenophase, and we documented a dramatic difference between phenophases in terms of the pattern of reproductive phenology . The pattern of continuous flowering and fruiting observed in the invaded area strongly diverges from the 2- to 6-month flowering and fruiting period of the annual pattern. The continuous pattern of reproduction seems to have facilitated the invasion of the Brazilian caatinga by C. procera.
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Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
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Idioma: |
Inglês
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Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062013000200018
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Editor: |
Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
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Relação: |
10.1590/S0102-33062013000200018
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text/html
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Fonte: |
Acta Botanica Brasilica v.27 n.2 2013
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Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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