Quantitative comparison of flowering phenology traits among trees, perennial herbs, and annuals in a temperate plant community.

ABSTRACT:

Premise

Flowering phenology may differ among life forms due to the costs and benefits to attract pollinators, dependence on outcross pollination, and resource availability in their habitats. However, few studies have compared flowering phenology among life forms within a community and described flowering phenology at the individual, species, and community levels.

Methods

We recorded flowering events for individuals of insect-pollinated trees, perennial herbs, and annuals from spring to summer of 2016 and 2017 in a warm-temperate forest in Japan. To compare phenological variables including mean and variance of flowering length, we standardized the number of observed individuals for each species and tested differences in variables, considering the phylogenetic relationships am

SUBMITTER: Nagahama A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6973048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature