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.本数据集目前可应用于多项研究工作，具体包括：（1）明确塔布努科森林（Tabonuco forest）的开花与结果季节节律，并检验关于该节律（或无节律现象）成因的相关假说；（2）探究降雨及其他气候因子的年际波动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种实沉降数据，对比卢奎略森林动态样地（Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot）内各物种种实传播的相对差异。此外，本数据集还可作为单个物种种开花与结果相关研究的背景参考资料。