Fig. 10

Leaf shedding patterns at the population scale. Groups A–E present the different leaf shedding patterns found in the trees. In each group, each row corresponds to a single tree. Numbers to the right of the lines indicate the duration (in months) of the leafy period between two leafless periods. For clarity, we divided the year into four main seasonal periods: short rainy season (T1), short dry season (T2), long rainy season (T3) and long dry season (T4). Black rectangles Months in which a tree was observed to be leafless; ↓ death of the tree; vertical grey bars mean rainfall per month (in mm) for the last 29 years (1980–2008); open squares and lines total rainfall per month (in mm) in years 2009, 2010 and part of year 2011