Masting by eighteen New Zealand plant species: The role of temperature as a synchronizing cue

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1214-1225

  Schauber, Eric M ^a,b   Kelly, Dave ^c   Turchin, Peter ^a   Simon, Chris ^a   Lee, William G ^d   Allen, Robert B ^e   Payton, Ian J ^e   Wilson, Peter R ^e   Cowan, Phil E ^f   Brockie, R E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Chionochloa; Cross correlation; Dacrydium; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Elaeocarpus; Masting; New Zealand; Nothofagus; Phormium; Synchrony; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; MASTING; SEED PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; CHIONOCHLOA; ELAEOCARPUS; NOTHOFAGUS; PHORMIUM;

EID: 0012168027     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1214:MBENZP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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