ENSO and frost codetermine decade-long temporal variation in flower and seed production in a subtropical rain forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 44-54

  Chang Yang, Chia Hao ^a,b,c   Sun, I Fang ^b   Tsai, Cheng Han ^d   Lu, Chia Ling ^c   Hsieh, Chang Fu ^c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Extreme weather events; Frost; Fushan Forest Dynamics Plot; Phenology; Phylogenetic signal; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOWER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FROST; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FUSHAN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; TAIWAN;

EID: 84955198096     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12481     Document Type: Article

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