Introduction:This paper describes the leafing,flowering and fruiting phenology of canopy trees in the dry deciduous forest of Bhadra wildlife sanctuary from June 2004 to May 2006.Method:All the woody canopy individual...Introduction:This paper describes the leafing,flowering and fruiting phenology of canopy trees in the dry deciduous forest of Bhadra wildlife sanctuary from June 2004 to May 2006.Method:All the woody canopy individuals(>20 cm girth at breast height)were identified and tagged with a unique number along a transect of approximately 2 Km comprising 157 individuals of 22 species.Observations were made at monthly intervals from June 2004 to May 2006 for leafing,flowering and fruiting phenophases.Result:Leaf fall starts in September,with a peak in December and January.Leaf initiation begins in February,with a peak in April before the monsoon.Leaf expansion starts in February from pre-monsoon with a peak in May and July during the monsoon.Leaf senescence begins in September to November and peaks in January to March.Flower bud initiates in January with a peak in April and May,and pollination begins in April with a peak in May and July before the monsoon to onset of monsoon.Fruit bud initiates in May with a peak in September and October.Unripened fruit was observed in May with a peak in September and November.Fruit fall begins in November with a peak in March.Conclusion:Our results show that leafing and flowering activities occur in the summer or pre-monsoon.Fruiting patterns occur during the monsoon to post-monsoon season.Seasonality among various phenophases indicates that leaf senescence flower initiation and fruit fall have strong seasonality.展开更多
文摘Introduction:This paper describes the leafing,flowering and fruiting phenology of canopy trees in the dry deciduous forest of Bhadra wildlife sanctuary from June 2004 to May 2006.Method:All the woody canopy individuals(>20 cm girth at breast height)were identified and tagged with a unique number along a transect of approximately 2 Km comprising 157 individuals of 22 species.Observations were made at monthly intervals from June 2004 to May 2006 for leafing,flowering and fruiting phenophases.Result:Leaf fall starts in September,with a peak in December and January.Leaf initiation begins in February,with a peak in April before the monsoon.Leaf expansion starts in February from pre-monsoon with a peak in May and July during the monsoon.Leaf senescence begins in September to November and peaks in January to March.Flower bud initiates in January with a peak in April and May,and pollination begins in April with a peak in May and July before the monsoon to onset of monsoon.Fruit bud initiates in May with a peak in September and October.Unripened fruit was observed in May with a peak in September and November.Fruit fall begins in November with a peak in March.Conclusion:Our results show that leafing and flowering activities occur in the summer or pre-monsoon.Fruiting patterns occur during the monsoon to post-monsoon season.Seasonality among various phenophases indicates that leaf senescence flower initiation and fruit fall have strong seasonality.
