Fig. 2

Seasonality of climate and phenological variables. a Climate, b plant community-level seed fall, c leaf fall and leaf area index in the tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, with plant species separated into groups based on their seed dispersal mode (66 abiotic and 174 abiotic in b) and leaf habit (314 evergreen and 63 deciduous in c). All variables are normalized to the range of 0–1 to facilitate visual comparison