The El Nino southern oscillation, variable fruit production, and famine in a tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1632-1647

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Carrasco, Claudio ^a   Calderón, Osvaldo ^a   Paton, Steven ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island, Republic of Panama; Ciurus granatensis; Dasyprocta punctata; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Famine; Fruit and seed production; Mazama americana; Nasua narica; Odocoileus virginianus; Panama; Tayassu tajacu; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FAMINE; FRUIT; MAMMAL; PREDATION;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

AGONIDAE; CERVIDAE; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MAZAMA AMERICANA; NASUA NARICA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PECARI TAJACU; RAPTORES; TAYASSU;

EID: 0032839575     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1632:TENOSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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