Removal of seeds of Carapa procera (Meliaceae) by rodents and their fate in rainforest in French Guiana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 751-761

  Forget, Pierre Michel ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Carapa procera; French Guiana; Rainforest; Rodents; Scatterhoarding; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

FRENCH GUIANA;

CARAPA PROCERA; MELIACEAE;

EID: 0030428082     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009998     Document Type: Article

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