Ficus seed shadows in a Bornean rain forest

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-355

  Laman, Timothy G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ficus; Frugivory; Rain forest; Seed dispersal; Seed shadow

Indexed keywords

FICUS;

EID: 0029764564     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328451     Document Type: Article

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