Pre- and post-dispersal seed predation in Tachigali versicolor (Caesalpiniaceae): Effects of timing of fruiting and variation among trees

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-81

  Forget, Pierre Michel ^a   Kitajima, Kaoru ^b   Foster, Robin B ^c,d  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblycerus tachigaliae; Barro Colorado Island; Bruchidae; Edge effect; Masting; Rodents; Satiation; Seed abortion; Seed predation; Tachigali versicolor

Indexed keywords

FRUITING; PREDATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

PANAMA;

EID: 0033050351     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646749900067X     Document Type: Article

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