Title
Flowering and fruiting of woody plants in white-sand and clay forests in Peruvian Amazonia
Other title
Floración y Fructificación de plantas leñosas en bosques de arena blanca y de suelo arcilloso en la Amazonía Peruana
Date Issued
01 October 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Patterns of flowering and fruiting of 176 species of woody plants in white-sand and clay forests near Iquitos, are presented. Observations were biweekly during a period of 12 months (April 2003 - March 2004). The study site were divided into 10 plots of 20 x 50 m, of which, 5 plots were established in each forest type. Flowering occurred most frequently from September to December, period in which there was an increase in precipitation. Similarly, there was a tendency for maximum fruiting from November to March. This period coincided with the season of greater precipitation (October-December), followed by a short interval period of less precipitation (January), ending in February, period of increased precipitation. Flowering lasted from 0,5 to 9 months and fruiting lasted from 1 to 10 months. In the clay forest, the flowering season showed its greater peak during the period with less rain (August-October), when 22,2% of the individuals were flowering. Whereas, in the white-sand forest, the greater peak of flowering occurred in the period of increased rain (November-December), with 19,3% of individuals flowering. On the other hand, the fruiting season in clay and white-sand forests showed two marked peaks. It tended to be greater during the rainiest period (February-March), with 20% and 23,5% of individuals, respectively, as well as during second highest rainy period (November-December) with 18,9% and 21% of individuals, respectively. The correlation index between the precipitation and temperature with the flowering and fruiting period were positive in both cases.
Start page
95
End page
102
Volume
13
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Ecología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84895061235
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
Queremos expresar nuestro agradecimiento a la Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (proyecto: Composición Florística y Estructural de las Comunidades Vegetales del Fundo UNAP), a Gladis Zárate e Ines Zárate por el financiamiento de esta investigación. A IDEA WILD, a la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales (UNAP), a Marcos Ríos y Nallaret Dávila por los materiales y equi-pos de campos prestados. A los herbarios AMAZ y USM por las facilidades en las identificaciones, en especial a Rodolfo Vásquez, Roosevelt Garcia, Alberto Vicentini, Benjamín Torke, Juan Ruíz, César Grandes y Hamilton Beltrán. A Rosa Ortiz, Juan Tun-Garri-do y Filomeno Encarnación por la revisión del manuscrito. A Stephen Yanoviar y Eleuterio Piña por la ayuda en el campo. Y al SENAMHI por los datos climáticos brindados.
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