Flowering phenology of tropical-alpine dwarf trees on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 563-571

  Kudo, Gaku ^a   Suzuki, Shizuo ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flowering synchrony; Fruit set; Leptospermum; Photinia; Rhododendron; Selfing ability; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; SYNCHRONY; TREE;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; MOUNT KINABALU; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

LEPTOSPERMUM; PHOTINIA; PHOTINIA DAVIDIANA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ERICOIDES; VACCINIUM;

EID: 4344703549     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001841     Document Type: Article

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