Introduction: The interplay of water and light, regarded as the main driver of tropical plant
dynamics, determines leaf phenology and ecosystem productivity. Leaf phenology has been …

Tropical savanna (locally known as cerrado) composes 24% of Brazil and is characterized
by high climatic variation; however, patterns of energy exchange are poorly understood …

Phenological studies of Brazilian savanna vegetation have described a generalized
phenological pattern for all species, mainly based on rainfall and temperature. Few studies …

The homogenization of fire regimes in a landscape may imply a temporal reduction in the
availability of resources, such as flowers and fruits, which affect the fauna, as well as …

Investigating the timing of key phenological events across environments with variable
seasonality is crucial to understand the drivers of ecosystem dynamics. Leaf production in …

Questions What are the trade‐offs and/or associated syndromes within and between fire‐
associated traits? Does bud protection relate to bark properties and tree resprouting ability …

Brazilian savanna (known as cerrado) has highly seasonal variation in rainfall yet trees have
widely different phenological strategies ranging from evergreen to fully deciduous. While …

The present study analyzed the influence of edaphic variables on the floristic compositions
and structures of the arboreal and shrub vegetation of typical cerrado (TC) and rocky outcrop …

Although fires have occurred in the Brazilian savannas (Cerrado) without human influence,
current human activities are changing the fire regimes and negatively affects the vegetation …

Erythroxylum simonis is an understory species found in Northeast Brazil. Due to its shaded
habitat, E. simonis is subjected to seasonal oscillations of the environment, to which it must …