Patterns of fruit-fall phenology in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 289-312

  White, Lee J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disnersal; fruit characters; Gabon; keyStone species; phenology; rainforest; seasonality; seed

Indexed keywords

FRUIT-FALL; PHENOLOGY; RAIN FOREST;

GABON, LOPE RESERVE;

EID: 0028160046     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400007975     Document Type: Article

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