Investigations in plant commonness and rarity: A comparison of seed removal patterns in the widespread Jatropha standleyi and the endemic J. chamelensis (Euphorbiaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 501-512

  Pirie, Christopher D ^a   Walmsley, Suzannah ^a   Ingle, Robert ^a   Pérez Jiménez, Alfredo ^b   Solis Magallanes, Arturo ^c   Kelly, Colleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chamela Biological Station; Congeneric comparisons; Population abundance; Rare plants; Seed dispersal by rodents; Seed ecology; Tropical deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; PREDATION; RANGE EXPANSION; SEED DISPERSAL;

JALISCO; MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CHAMELENSIS; JATROPHA STANDLEYI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033749258     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2000.0458     Document Type: Article

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