LFDP phenology plot seedlings-16 ha plot

These data on temporal and spatial patterns of seedling recruitment in conjunction with data on flower and seed rain production allow tests of hypotheses concerning causes of inter-annual variation and roles of different mechanisms in facilitating species coexistence. The data are being used to, among other things 1) quantify seasonal and inter-annual variation in reproductive output in tropical plant populations and communities; 2) analyze relationships between reproduction and a variety of hypothesized local and regional climate drivers; 3) evaluate evidence for long-term directional trends which could reflect responses to anthropogenic global change; 4) quantify spatiotemporal variation in seed arrival and seedling recruitment of individual species; 5) analyze associated evidence of recruitment limitation, life history trade-offs, density dependent recruitment and regeneration niche partitioning; and 6) evaluate how these processes interact with inter-annual variation in climate and plant reproduction.

本数据集涵盖幼苗更新（seedling recruitment）的时空格局数据，结合花与种子雨产量数据，可用于检验有关年际变化成因及不同机制在促进物种共存中作用的相关假说。该数据集目前可用于但不限于以下研究方向：1）量化热带植物种群与群落繁殖输出的季节与年际变化；2）分析繁殖过程与多种假设的局地及区域气候驱动因子之间的关联；3）评估可反映人为全球变化响应的长期定向趋势相关证据；4）量化单一物种种子到达与幼苗更新的时空格局变化；5）分析更新限制（recruitment limitation）、生活史权衡（life history trade-offs）、密度制约更新以及更新生态位分化（regeneration niche partitioning）等相关证据；6）评估上述过程如何与气候及植物繁殖的年际变化相互作用。