Vertebrates at neotropical fig species in a forest fragment

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-141

  De Figueiredo, Rodolfo Antônio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bats; birds; Brazil; figs; frugivory; McKey's hypothesis; monkeys; phenology

Indexed keywords

AVES; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029739674     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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