Tree phenology in a tropical montane forest in Rwanda

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 668-681

  Sun, Chin ^a   Kaplin, Beth A ^a   Kristensen, Kurt A ^a   Munyaligoga, Viateur ^b   Mvukiyumwami, Joseph ^c   Ka Kajondo, Kanyoyo ^b   Moermond, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c Inst de Rech Sci et Technologie   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; Fruiting seasonality; Montane forest; Phenology; Rwanda; Seed size; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FRUITING SYNCHRONY; LEAF FLUSH; MONTANE FOREST; PHENOLOGY;

RWANDA;

EID: 0030319540     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389053     Document Type: Article

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