Mast fruiting is a frequent strategy in woody species of eastern South America

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Norden, Natalia ^a   Chave, Jérôme ^a   Belbenoit, Pierre ^b   Caubère, Adeline ^b   Châtelet, Patrick ^c   Forget, Pierre Michel ^b   Thébaud, Christophe ^a  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b MNHN   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRENCH GUIANA; FRUITING; MAST FRUITING; PLANT REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES; TREE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WOODY PLANT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRUIT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 42449127987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001079     Document Type: Article

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