Phenologies of the Tabonuco Forest trees and shrubs

These data are being used to, among other things, (1) determine the seasonality of flowering and fruiting in Tabonuco forest and test hypotheses concerning the causation of seasonality (or lack thereof), (2) test the effect of annual variation in rainfall and other climatic variables on seed and fruit production of individual species, and (3) compare the relative dispersal of species on the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot by applying information on the spatial distribution of canopy trees to the data on seed and fruit fall. These data also serve as background information on the flowering and fruiting of individual species. Support for this work was provided by grants BSR-8811902, DEB-9411973, DEB-9705814 , DEB-0080538, DEB-0218039 , DEB-0620910 , DEB-1239764, DEB-1546686, and DEB-1831952 from the National Science Foundation to the University of Puerto Rico as part of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Additional support provided by the University of Puerto Rico and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

本数据集除可用于多项相关研究外，具体包括：(1) 探明塔布努科（Tabonuco）林的开花结实物候季节性，并检验关于季节性（或无季节性）成因的相关假说；(2) 探究降雨及其他气候变量的年际变化对单个物种种实产量的影响；(3) 结合冠层树木的空间分布信息与落种及落果数据，对比卢奎尔洛森林动态样地（Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot）内各物种的相对扩散能力。本数据集同时可为单个物种的开花结实情况提供背景参考数据。本项研究得到的资助来自美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）向波多黎各大学提供的多项拨款，具体编号为BSR-8811902、DEB-9411973、DEB-9705814、DEB-0080538、DEB-0218039、DEB-0620910、DEB-1239764、DEB-1546686及DEB-1831952，相关资助属于卢奎尔洛长期生态研究计划的组成部分。此外，本研究还获得了波多黎各大学与美国农业部林务局热带森林国际研究所（International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service）的额外支持。