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We provide data on flowering and fruiting phenology from an equatorial, ever-wet rainforest in eastern Ecuador, in Yasuni National Park. This is the first long-term study (18 years) of phenology in a diverse equatorial neotropical forest. Although the site is ever-wet, there is some seasonal variation in rainfall and irradiance. One major question was to determine whether the seasonal variation in climate was sufficient to drive seasonality in reproduction in this hyper-diverse forest. The study began in 2000 with various funding, and became an LTREB-funded project in 2006. We used twice monthly censuses of 200 traps to document phenology. Parts of >1000 species were identified in the traps in the 18 year period (ending early in 2018), including trees, shrubs, lianas and epiphytes. Parts identified included buds, flowers, mature fruits and mature seeds, and aborted, damaged and immature fruits and seeds. The project is on-going, and additional data will be added as it is processed.
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Seed Mass of species from Yasuní National Forest, Ecuador, 2000-2014
We provide data on mean dry and wet mass of > 800 species from Yasuní National Forest, Ecuador collected between 2000 and 2014. Species include trees, shrubs, lianas and herbs. We also provide data on number of seeds per fruit for >1100 species compiled in 2016, along with information on fruit type and dispersal mode. Both of these data sets supplement previously published data on flowering and fruiting phenology from this equatorial, ever-wet rainforest in eastern Ecuador (Garwood et al. 2023). Garwood, N.C., S.J. Wright, R. Valencia, and M.R. Metz. 2023. Rainforest phenology: flower, fruit and seed production from biweekly collections of 200 traps in the Yasuní Forest Dynamics Plot, Ecuador, 2000-2018 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/5e6cb3d7ff741fd9d21965c4a904bc1f (Accessed 2024-03-27).
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- 10538061
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- Environmental Data Initiative
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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