Flowering and fruiting phenology of Normanbya normanbyi (W. Hill) L. H. Bailey (Arecaceae), a palm endemic to the lowland tropical rainforest of north-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-28

  Inkrot, Daniela ^a   Sattler, Dietmar ^a   Geyer, Christian ^a   Morawetz, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Australia; Flowering and fruiting synchrony; Normanbya normanbyi; Phenology; Tropical forest canopies

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWERING; FRUITING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DAINTREE; QUEENSLAND;

ARECACEAE; NORMANBYA NORMANBYI;

EID: 33846528061     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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