Wavelet characterization of eucalypt flowering and the influence of climate and budding

In this study we examine the influence of climate (temperature and rainfall) on both flowering and budding, of E. leucoxylon and E. tricarpa from Victorian Forest Commission records and the field diaries of the Forest Overseer from Maryborough, Victoria between 1940 and 1962. Observations on the timing,quantity and distribution of flowering and budding of these species were collected on a monthly basis and placed into categories which had been pre-determined by the Commission. Flowering and budding intensity ofboth species were quantified by assigning a rank value producing a categorical time series (Table 1).