Post-dispersal predation on isolated seeds: A comparative study of 40 tree species in a Southeast Asian rainforest

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 522-538

  Blate, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Peart, David R ^c   Leighton, Mark ^d  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b Tropical Forest Foundation   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; GERMINATION; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; SEED PREDATION;

GUNUNG PALUNG; INDONESIA; WEST KALIMANTAN;

ANIMALIA; MAXOMYS; RODENTIA; SPINY;

EID: 0031825869     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546373     Document Type: Article

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