| The flooded area had greater deciduousness because it has a proportionally greater number of totally or partially deciduous species. |
| Overall light absorption by the whole canopy remains high despite deciduousness in the overstorey. |
| Worldwide, foliage deciduousness in angiosperms is believed to have arisen in tropical species as a response to periodic drought. |
| At the same microsite, deciduousness may vary from year to year by 2-3 months with the time of the last and first rains of the wet season. |
