Interactions between aroids and arboreal mammals in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Vieira, Emerson M ^a   Izar, Patrícia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araceae; Brazil; Frugivory; Marsupials; Primates; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; EPIPHYTE; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL;

DIET; EPIPHYTE; MAMMAL; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

BRAZIL;

ANTHURIUM HARRISSI; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; CEBUS APELLA; DIDELPHIS AURITA; GRACILINANUS MICROTARSUS; HETEROPSIS OBLONGIFOLIA; MICOUREUS DEMERARAE; MONSTERA ADANSONII; PHILODENDRON CORCOVADENSE; PHILODENDRON CRASSINERVIUM; PHILODENDRON EXYMIUM; PHILODENDRON OBLIQUIFOLIUM;

EID: 0033369702     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009859810148     Document Type: Article

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