The phenology of tropical forests: Adaptive significance and consequences for primary consumers

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 353-377

  Van Schaik, Carel P ^a   Terborgh, John W ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Flowering; Fruiting; Leafing; Phenology; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; FRUITING; KEYSTONE RESOURCE; LEAFING; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY CONSUMER; RAIN FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0027333475     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.24.110193.002033     Document Type: Article

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