The Tropical dry forests cover large regions of the world and have been extensively altered by human activities. This study was aimed at characterizing and comparing the density, diversity and structural parameters of a human-altered secondary dry within an interval of five years of regeneration. Two hundred plots were established in the forest and two monitoring surveys were carried out, with interval of five ...
Biosynthesized from very long-chain fatty acid wax precursors, n-alkanes m a k e a valuable contribution to the taxonomy of plants . Th e alk ane comp onents of foliar epicuticles of seven Neotropical s p e c i e s o f Lecythidaceae were investigated: Bertholletia excelsa, Cariniana legalis, Couroupita guianensis, Eschweilera alvimii, Eschweilera ovata, Gustavia augusta and Lecythis pisonis. Specimens were coll...