Effects of palm heart harvesting on avian frugivores in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-293

  Galetti, Mauro ^a,c   Aleixo, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Census; Cotingidae; Euterpe; Keystone species; Ramphastidae

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FRUGIVORE; FRUIT; HARVESTING;

BRAZIL;

CARPORNIS MELANOCEPHALUS; EUTERPE EDULIS; RAMPHASTOS VITELLINUS;

EID: 0031903582     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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