Seed dispersal by Salvin's curassow, Mitu salvini (Cracidae), in a tropical forest of Colombia: Direct measurements of dispersal distance

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 654-660

  Yumoto, Takakazu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesive dispersal; Colombia; Mitu salvini; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

COLOMBIA; LA MACARENA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURSERACEAE; CRACIDAE; FABACEAE; FICUS SPHENOPHYLLA; GEOPHILA REPENS; LECYTHIDACEAE; MELIACEAE; MITU SALVINI; MORACEAE; RUBIACEAE; STREPTOGYNA AMERICANA;

EID: 0033506837     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00414.x     Document Type: Article

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