Seed dispersal by bats and birds in forest and disturbed habitats of Chiapas, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 478-485

  Medellin, Rodrigo A ^a   Gaona, Osiris ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Birds; Cacao plantation; Cornfield; Old field; Seed dispersal; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BAT; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CECROPIA; DIDELPHIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032749819     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00390.x     Document Type: Article

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