Continental-scale patterns of Cecropia reproductive phenology: Evidence from herbarium specimens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1717, 2011, Pages 2437-2445

  Zalamea, Paul Camilo ^a,b,e   Munoz, François ^a   Stevenson, Pablo R ^b   Timothy Paine, C E ^c   Sarmiento, Carolina ^b   Sabatier, Daniel ^a   Heuret, Patrick ^d  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Campus Agronomique   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Climate seasonality; Fourier spectral and cospectral analyses; Herbarium collections; Neotropics; Pioneer plants; Reproductive patterns

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; FIELD SURVEY; FLOWERING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HERBARIUM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOLOGY; PIONEER SPECIES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CECROPIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; FLOWER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFORMATION CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CECROPIA PLANT; CENTRAL AMERICA; FLOWERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MUSEUMS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEST INDIES;

CECROPIA;

EID: 79960147675     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2259     Document Type: Article

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