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.本数据集的应用场景包括但不限于以下三项研究：(1) 明确塔布努科林（Tabonuco forest）的开花与结实物候节律，并检验关于该物候节律（或无节律现象）成因的相关假说；(2) 探究年际降雨变化及其他气候变量对单个物种种实产量的影响；(3) 结合冠层树木空间分布数据与种子雨、果实雨数据，对比卢基略森林动态样地（Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot）内各物种种间的相对传播能力。本数据集同时可作为单一物种植株开花结实情况的背景参考资料。本研究得到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支持，拨款编号包括BSR-8811902、DEB-9411973、DEB-9705814、DEB-0080538、DEB-0218039、DEB-0620910、DEB-1239764、DEB-1546686及DEB-1831952，相关经费属于卢基略长期生态研究计划（Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program）的组成部分。本研究同时获得波多黎各大学以及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）的额外资助。