Factors affecting phenological patterns of bombacaceous trees in seasonal forests in Costa Rica and Mexico

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1054-1063

  Lobo, Jorge A ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^b   Stoner, Kathryn E ^b   Fuchs, Eric J ^a   Herrerías Diego, Yvonne ^b   Rojas, Julissa ^a   Saborío, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bombacaceae; Costa Rica; Mexico; Nectarivorous bats; Neotropics; Phenology; Plant reproduction; Pollinator competition

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; FLOWER VISITING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; MEXICO;

BOMBACACEAE; MALVACEAE;

EID: 0041766307     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.7.1054     Document Type: Article

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