Feeding behaviour of bats and the dispersal of Piper arboreum seeds in Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Bizerril, Marcelo X A ^a   Raw, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bats; Brazil; Gallery forest; Mammal frugivory; Piper; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

PIPER ARBOREUM;

EID: 0031977863     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000108     Document Type: Article

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