Masting, the highly variable and synchronous production of seeds across a population of
perennial plants, is an ecologically important, but still poorly understood, phenomenon …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …

Phenology is the study of recurring biological events and its relationship to climate. Circular
statistics is an area of statistics not very much used by ecologists nor by other researchers …

The seasonality of both rainfall and solar irradiance might influence the evolution of
flowering and fruiting in tropical forests. In seasonally dry forests, to the degree that soil …

A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the" hottest" biodiversity hotspots worldwide was
investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and social …

Advances in spring blooming of wildflowers have been associated with climate change;
however, the majority of long-term community-level studies have been conducted in humid …

Tropical forests were long viewed as relatively stable systems, with little biologically
important variation in climate. However, in recent years, accumulating evidence has …

Most phenological studies to date have taken place in upland forest above the maximum
flood level of nearby streams and rivers. In this paper, we examine the phenological patterns …

Taking a functional rather than an ecosystem or a utilitarian approach, Thomas and
Packham provide a concise account of the structure of woodlands and forests. Using …

Flowering and fruiting as phenological events of 12 tree species in an evergreen tropical
mountain rain forest in southern Ecuador were examined over a period of 3–4 years. Leaf …