Family, visitors and the weather: Patterns of flowering in tropical rain forests of northern Australia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-382

  Boulter, S L ^a   Kitching, R L ^a   Howlett, B G ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Flowering phenology; Herbaria; Phylogeny; Rain forest; Rainfall; Seasonality; Synchronous flowering

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33645067902     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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