Global patterns in fruiting seasons

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 648-657

  Ting, Steven ^a   Hartley, Stephen ^a   Burns, Kevin C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Climate; Evapotranspiration; Frugivory; Latitude; Phenology; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; MODELING; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 49449094653     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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