Seasonal, El Niño and longer term changes in flower and seed production in a moist tropical forest

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-44

  Wright, S J ^a   Calderón, Osvaldo ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; El Ni o southern oscillation; Forest dynamics; La Ni a event; Lianas; Phenology; Plant reproduction; Solar irradiance; Trees

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; FLOWER; FOREST DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 33644944319     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J479v01n01_03     Document Type: Article

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