Plant phenology in a cloud forest on the island of Maui, Hawaii

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-99

  Berlin, Kim E ^a,c   Pratt, Thane K ^a   Simon, John C ^a,c   Kowalsky, James R ^a,d   Hatfield, Jeff S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Hawaii DLNR ^*  (United States)

^d Hawaii DLNR   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Flowering seasonality; Hawaii; Hawaiian Honeycreeper; Maui; Metrosideros polymorpha; Ohia; Phenology

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; FRUITING; PHENOLOGY;

HAWAII; MAUI; UNITED STATES;

DREPANIDINAE; HAWAIIA; METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA VAR. GLABERRIMA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA VAR. POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0034014448     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00451.x     Document Type: Article

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