Effect of microhabitat on seed fate and seedling performance in two rodent-dispersed tree species in rain forest in French Guiana

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 693-703

  Forget, Pierre Michel ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Forest gap; Rain forest; Recruitment; Scatterhoarding; Seed dispersal; Seedling survivorship

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROHABITAT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED FATE; SEEDLING PERFORMANCE; SURVIVAL;

FRENCH GUIANA;

ANDIRA AUBLETII; CAESALPINIACEAE; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CARAPA; CARAPA PROCERA; MAMMALIA; MELIACEAE; RODENTIA; VOUACAPOUA; VOUACAPOUA AMERICANA;

EID: 0030863852     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960539     Document Type: Article

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