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<journal-id>2007-4298</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Botanical Sciences]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Bot. sci]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-4298</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Botánica de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-42982016000400745</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17129/botsci.682</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Vegetative and reproductive tree phenology of ecological groups in a tropical dry forest in central Veracruz, Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Fenología vegetativa y reproductiva de grupos ecológicos de especies arbóreas en una selva tropical seca en el centro de Veracruz, México]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Williams-Linera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guadalupe]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alvarez-Aquino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ecología, A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Veracruzana Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>94</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>745</fpage>
<lpage>756</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-42982016000400745&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-42982016000400745&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-42982016000400745&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: Tree phenology has been related to abiotic and biotic factors that trigger and regulate phenological patterns.  Question: We investigated whether tree species classified into ecological groups of species of successional status (late-, early-successional tree species) and seed dispersal mode (anemochory, autochory, zoochory) would display different phenological patterns.  Study site and dates: A tropical dry forest in eastern Mexico; November 2007 to September 2010.  Methods: We monthly recorded leaf fall, leafing, flowering, and fruiting in 165 trees belonging to 16 species tagged along a trail inside a forest fragment (21 ha). Monthly precipitation and temperatures data were obtained from the nearest meteorological station. Phenological periodicity was analyzed using circular statistics.  Results: Leaf fall occurred during the dry season and leafing at the beginning of the rainy season. Flowering at community level was not significantly cyclic because of differences within groups: late-successional and zoochorous species displayed a flowering peak during the rainy season, whereas the early-successional, anemochorous and autochorous species do during the dry season. Fruiting occurred over an extended period but showed a cyclic pattern: Late successional and zoochorous species fruited at the beginning of the dry season, whereas early-successional and autochorous species tend to displayed a peak of fruiting at mid-dry season and the anemochorous at the end of the dry season.  Conclusions: Vegetative phenological patterns were similar at the levels studied and were clearly related to climatic variables. However, the phenological patterns of reproduction differed within tree ecological groups and were not consistently correlated with precipitation or temperature.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes: La fenología de los árboles se ha relacionado con factores abióticos y bióticos que disparan y regulan los patrones fenológicos.  Preguntas: Investigamos si la fenología de los árboles mostraba diferentes patrones para grupos ecológicos de diferente estatus sucesional (tardías, tempranas) y modo de dispersión de semillas (anemocoría, autocoría, zoocoría).  Sitio y años de estudio: Selva tropical seca en Veracruz, México; noviembre 2007 a septiembre 2010.  Métodos: Mensualmente, registramos caída de hojas, foliación, floración y fructificación en 165 árboles y 16 especies, en un fragmento de selva (21 ha). Datos mensuales de precipitación y temperatura mensual se obtuvieron de la estación meteorológica más cercana. La periodicidad fenológica se analizó mediante estadística circular.  Resultados: La caída de hojas ocurrió durante la estación de secas y la producción de hojas al inicio de la estación de lluvias. En general, la floración no fue significativamente cíclica debido a que las especies tardías y zoócoras mostraron un pico en lluvias, mientras que las especies tempranas, anemócoras y autócoras lo presentaron en secas. La fructificación ocurrió en un periodo extenso pero con picos en secas: las especies tardías y zoócoras al inicio, las especies tempranas y autócoras a mediados y las anemócoras hacia el final de la estación de secas.  Conclusiones: Los patrones en fenología vegetativa son similares en los niveles estudiados y están relacionadas con las variables climáticas. Sin embargo, los patrones de fenología reproductiva difieren dentro de los grupos ecológicos y no se relacionan consistentemente con la precipitación o la temperatura.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Anemochory]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[autochory]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[circular statistics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[trees]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[zoochory]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Anemocoría]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[árboles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[autocoría]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estadística circular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[zoocoría]]></kwd>
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