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LEAF DYNAMICS OF TROPICAL TREES RELATED TO SUCCESSIONAL STATUS
Author(s) -
SHUKLA R. P.,
RAMAKRISHNAN P. S.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1984.tb03633.x
Subject(s) - evergreen , longevity , deciduous , biology , habit , ecological succession , pioneer species , ecology , botany , psychology , genetics , psychotherapist
S ummary Leaf dynamics of two early successional and two late successional species of a tropical humid forest at Lailad in north‐eastern India were studied. Leaves produced during different months were found to have markedly different longevity, for all the species studied. The early successional species showed higher leaf turnover rates, reduced leaf longevity, more uniform production and fall of leaves under forest‐grown conditions than in open‐grown conditions (though with some fluctuation during the year) and an evergreen or leaf‐exchanging pattern of leanness. The late successional species had slower leaf turnover rates, longer leaf longevity, a peak of leaf production and a deciduous habit‐ It is concluded that differences in leaf dynamics of early and late species are related to the successional niches they occupy in the forest community.