Long-term trends in fruit production in a tropical forest at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Fruit production in tropical forests varies considerably in space and time, with important implications for frugivorous consumers. Characterizing temporal variation in forest productivity is thus critical for understanding adaptations of tropical forest frugivores, yet long-term phenology data from the tropics, in particular from African forests, are still scarce. Similarly, as the abiotic factors driving phenology in the tropics are predicted to change with a warming climate, studies documenting the relationship between climatic variables and fruit production are increasingly important. Here we present data from 19 years of monitoring the phenology of 20 tree species at Ngogo in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Our aims were to characterize short- and long-term trends in productivity and to

SUBMITTER: Potts KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7939021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature