Dynamics of the seedling shadow of a frugivore-dispersed tree species in French Guiana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 767-773

  Forget, Pierre Michel ^a   Sabatier, Daniel ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Ateles paniscus; French Guiana; Rainforest; Recruitment; Seedling; Spider monkey; Tree; Virola

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ATELES PANISCUS; ATELES SP.; PANISCUS; VIROLA;

EID: 0030863873     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010920     Document Type: Article

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