Effects of species, habitat, and distance from edge on post-dispersal seed predation in a tropical rainforest

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-468

  Holl, Karen D ^a,b   Lulow, Megan E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Recovery; Restoration; Rodents; Seed predators; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001433750     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00040.x     Document Type: Article

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