Fruit consumption, seed dispersal and seed fate in the vine Strychnos erichsonii in a French Guianan forest

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-326

  Julien Laferrière, Didier ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

FRENCH GUIANA;

STRYCHNOS ERICHSONII;

EID: 0033388393     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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