The role of animal seed dispersal in accelerating native forest regeneration on degraded tropical lands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 223-235

  Wunderle Jr , Joseph M ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal seed dispersal; Forest restoration; Plantations; Seed dispersal; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0030723967     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00208-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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