@article{PAR00002606, title = {{F}lowering and fruiting phenology in maquis of {N}ew {C}aledonia}, author = {{D}erroire, {G}. and {L}agrange, {A}lexandre and {T}assin, {J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}atterns of flowering and fruiting phenology are described for 30 native woody species (21 families) growing in maquis on the south of {N}ew {C}aledonia, south-western {P}acific. {D}ata were monthly recorded from {A}ugust 2002 to {J}uly 2005 along a transect joining 337 individual plants. {F}lowering and fruiting were mostly annual. {F}lowering peaks appeared at the end of the dry season and, to a lesser extent, during the wet season. {F}ruiting peaks occurred during the wet season. {R}adiation duration and rainfall are assumed to be the climatic parameters that have the greatest influence on maquis plants phenology, respectively triggering flowering and fruiting. {T}hree functional types of species are defined according to their phenological patterns, based on flowering duration and flowering synchronism. {T}he expected effects of climate change on these functional types are discussed.}, keywords = {{R}eproductive phenology ; {S}ynchronism ; {C}limate change ; {P}lant functional type ; {U}ltramafic soils ; {N}ew caledonia ; {P}acific ocean}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}cta {B}otanica {G}allica}, volume = {155}, numero = {2}, pages = {263--275}, ISSN = {1253-8078}, year = {2008}, DOI = {10.1080/12538078.2008.10516108}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00002606}, }