General flowering in lowland mixed dipterocarp forests of south-east Asia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-247

  Sakai, Shoko ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Environmental prediction; Masting; Plant reproductive phenology; Predator satiation; Promotion of pollination; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; MASTING; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; SEED PREDATION; SYNCHRONY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

EID: 0036486585     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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