Seed dispersal by neotropical seed predators

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-126

  Norconk, Marilyn A ^a   Grafton, Brian W ^a   Conklin Brittain, Nancy L ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Nutrition; Pitheciinae; Predispersal and postdispersal seed predation; Seed protection; Seeds

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; COLOBINAE; HAPLORHINI; PITHECIINAE; PRIMATES; SPERMATOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031955789     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1998)45:1<103::aid-ajp8>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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