Phenological diversity in tropical forests

Population Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-86

  Sakai, S ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

General flowering; Phylogenetic constraint; Plant reproductive phenology; Pollination; Predator satiation; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

EID: 0034959919     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012018     Document Type: Review

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