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A long term study on the phenology of tree species of tropical dry deciduous forest ecosystem of Bandipur, South India has revealed patterns of strong seasonality with respect to leaf and fruit initiation as well as their abscission. The distribution of the duration of the various phenological events was observed to be skewed and there was little interannual variation in events such as flowering and fruiting. This suggests that there are, perhaps, no mast flowering or fruiting species present in the deciduous forests. The phenological changes appear to influence the food, feeding, movement patterns and sociality of the major mammals of this dry deciduous ecosystem.
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Prasad, S.N., Hegde, M. Phenology and seasonality in the tropical deciduous forest of Bandipur, South India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 96, 121–133 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053328
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