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Relationships between minimum temperature and fruit production in some tropical forest trees in Gabon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Caroline E. G. Tutin  and
Michel Fernandez
Caroline E. G. Tutin*
Affiliation:
Centre International de Recherches Médicates de Franceville, BP 769, Franceville, Gabon and Scottish Primate Research Group, University of Stirling, Scotland
Michel Fernandez
Affiliation:
Centre International de Recherches Médicates de Franceville, BP 769, Franceville, Gabon and Scottish Primate Research Group, University of Stirling, Scotland
*
1CIRMF, BP 769, Franceville, Gabon
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Keywords

climateenvironmental cuesfruitingGabonphenologysynchronyseasonality
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1993 , pp. 241 - 248
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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