Do tapirs steal food from palm seed predators or give them a lift?

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 375-379

  Olmos, Fábio ^a   Pardini, Renata ^b   Boulhosa, Ricardo L P ^c   Bürgi, Roberto ^d   Morsello, Carla ^b  

^a Largo Do Paissandú   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Projeto Carnívoros Pantanal   (Brazil)

^d Parque Estadual Turistico Alto R   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Palms; Revena rubiginosa; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Southeastern Brazil; Syagrus romanzoffiana; Tapir; Tapirus terrestris; Weevils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033499551     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00151.x     Document Type: Note

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