Seasonal patterns of leaf growth and loss, flowering and fruiting on a subtropical central pacific island

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 164-179

  Brooke, M De L ^a   Jones, P J ^b   Vickery, J A ^b   Waldran, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Henderson island; Limestone island; Plant phenolegy; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; FRUITING; LEAF GROWTH; LEAF LOSS; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

PACIFIC, PITCAIRN ISLANDS, HENDERSON ISLAND;

PREMNA SERRATIFOLIA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0030436766     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389072     Document Type: Article

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