Small rodents as significant dispersers of tree seeds in a Neotropical forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-174

  Brewer, Steven W ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampelocera; Astrocaryum; Belize; Forest recruitment; Heteromys desmarestianus; Pouteria; Scatterhoarding; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TAGGING; TREE;

BELIZE;

AMPELOCERA; AMPELOCERA HOTTLEI; ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; ASTROCARYUM; ASTROCARYUM MEXICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIOMORPHA; CHAETODIPUS SPINATUS; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; HETEROMYIDAE; HETEROMYS; HETEROMYS DESMARESTIANUS; MAMMALIA; POUTERIA; POUTERIA SAPOTA; RODENTIA; SAPOTA; SPINY; ULMACEAE;

EID: 0033117822     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237138     Document Type: Article

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