REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY OF HONG-KONG SHRUBLAND

被引：31

作者：

CORLETT, RT

机构：

[1] Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road

来源：

JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY | 1993年 / 9卷

关键词：

BIRD MIGRATION; CHINA; FLOWERING; FRUITING; HONG-KONG; PHENOLOGY; SHRUBLAND;

D O I：

10.1017/S0266467400007574

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Hong Kong is on the northern edge of the tropics and near the boundary of the Paleotropical and Holarctic floral kingdoms. The phenological states of 105 plant species in secondary shrubland were recorded weekly for three years. Community patterns of reproductive phenology are highly seasonal and vary little between years. There is a flowering maximum in May and a fruiting maximum in December/January. The winter fruiting peak coincides with diet switching by resident omnivorous birds and the arrival of partially frugivorous migrants from the Eastern Palearctic. However, wind-dispersed species also have a fruiting maximum at the same time, suggesting that fruiting in winter has other advantages.

引用

页码：501 / 510

页数：10

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