Effects of forest fragmentation on phenological patterns and reproductive success of the tropical dry forest tree Ceiba aesculifolia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1111-1120

  Herrerías Diego, Yvonne ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^a   Lobo, Jorge A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bat pollinators; Bombacaceae; Flowering phenology; Mexico; Plant reproduction

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TREE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KAPOK; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

ANIMALS; CEIBA; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLOWERS; FRUIT; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; TREES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CEIBA AESCULIFOLIA;

EID: 33746342744     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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