Evidence for dispersal of fig seeds by the fruit-eating characid fish Brycon guatemalensis Regan in a Costa Rican tropical rain forest

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-264

  Horn, Michael H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brycon guatemalensis; Ficus glabrata; Gut passage time; Radio telemetry; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

BRYCON GUATEMALENSIS; FICUS GLABRATA; MORACEAE;

FIG; FRUGIVORY; ICHTHYOCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL;

COSTA RICA, LA SELVA;

EID: 0030617450     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050081     Document Type: Article

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