The effect of seed predators on plant distributions: Is there a general pattern in mangroves?

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-66

  Sousa, Wayne P ^a   Mitchell, Betsy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; MANGROVE; PREDATION; SEED; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONIOPSIS CRUENTATA; INSECTA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; UCA; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 0033023729     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546569     Document Type: Article

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