Nature Communications (Mar 2018)
Resource acquisition and reproductive strategies of tropical forest in response to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation
Abstract
It has been suggested that tree phenology may be regulated by climatic oscillations. Here, Detto et al. present a 30 year tropical forest dataset that suggests leaf and fruit production is coordinated with ENSO cycles, with greater leaf fall observed prior to El Niño followed by greater seed production.