Fruit removal and postdispersal survivorship in the tropical dry forest shrub Erythroxylum havanense: Ecological and evolutionary implications

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 368-374

  Gryj, Ellen O ^a,b   Domíguez, César A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythroxylum havanense; Frugivory; Fruit removal; Seed dispersal; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROXYLUM; ERYTHROXYLUM HAVANENSE; VERTEBRATA; ERYTHROXYLACEAE;

FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0029659287     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334663     Document Type: Article

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