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The El Nino southern oscillation, variable fruit production, and famine in a tropical forest.
Ecology
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July 1, 1999|
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INTRODUCTION
We hypothesize that the El Nino Southern Oscillation influences fruit production which, in turn, limits frugivorous and granivorous mammals on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama. El Nino events bring warm, dry, sunny conditions to BCI and to a large portion of the wet tropics (see Introduction: El Nino Southern Oscillation). If these conditions generally favor fruit production, then similar effects may be expected wherever fruit production limits frugivores in wet tropical forests.
At least two attributes of El Nino events might favor fruit ...
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