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.

本数据集可用于多项研究工作，具体包括：(1) 探明塔布努科林（Tabonuco forest）的开花与结果物候节律，并验证关于物候节律（或无节律现象）成因的相关假说；(2) 检验降雨及其他气候因子的年际变化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实脱落观测数据，对比卢基略森林动态样地（Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot）内各物种的相对传播能力。本数据集同时可为单个物种的开花与结果情况提供背景参考资料。