Scatter-and clump-dispersal and seedling demography: hypothesis and implications

Oecologia

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 417-426

  Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Ecology; Frugivory; Seed dispersal; Tropics

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

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EID: 0024896266     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00384323     Document Type: Article

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