학술논문
Synchrony is more than overlap: measuring phenological synchronization considering time length and intensity
Document Type
other
Author
Source
Brazilian Journal of Botany. December 2008 31(4)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0100-8404
Abstract
The degree of flowering and fruiting synchronization is believed to have ecological and evolutionary relevance at several scales. Here we discuss some measures that have been used to estimate synchrony and propose an index that incorporates both the entire length of an individual phenophase and variation in the number of flowers or fruits over that time period. This new index describes more accurately the phenological synchrony among individuals and populations.