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Fruiting of a 19-year old secondary forest in French Guiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1998

DANIELA TORIOLA
DANIELA TORIOLA
Affiliation:
Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM), B.P. 165, 97323 Cayenne Cedex, Guyane Française, France Present postal address: Laboratoire de Botanique Tropicale, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), 12, Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France.
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Abstract

Although two studies (Loubry 1994, Sabatier 1985) have been conducted on the phenology of primary forest tree species in French Guiana, there exists little synthetic information on the phenology of a forest dominated by pioneer species. Charles-Dominique (1986) conducted zoological observations at ARBOCEL between 1981 and 1985, where he indicated the fruiting periods of certain species. However, stands of early pioneer plants such as Solanum spp. and Cecropia obtusa Trécul 9Cecropiaceae) have reduced in number or have completely disappeared from the study area since then (Larpin 1989, Toriola et al. 1998).

Keywords

French Guianafruit quantityfruiting periodsecondary forest
Type
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 373 - 379
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press

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