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.

本数据集可用于多项科研工作，具体包括：(1) 明确塔沃努科林（Tabonuco Forest）的开花与结果物候季节性，并检验关于季节节律（或无季节节律）成因的相关假说；(2) 探究降雨量及其他气候因子的年际变化对单个物种种子与果实产量的影响；(3) 通过将冠层树木的空间分布信息与种子雨、果实雨数据相结合，对比卢奎尔森林动态样地（Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot）内各物种的相对传播能力。此外，本数据集亦可作为单个物种开花与结果物候的背景参考资料。本研究的资助方为美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）向波多黎各大学提供的编号为BSR-8811902、DEB-9411973、DEB-9705814、DEB-0080538、DEB-0218039、DEB-0620910、DEB-1239764、DEB-1546686及DEB-1831952的项目拨款，该资助属于卢奎尔长期生态研究计划（Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program）的一部分。此外，波多黎各大学与美国农业部（USDA）林务局热带森林研究所亦为本研究提供了额外支持。