Patterns of movement and seed dispersal of a tropical frugivore

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-257

  Westcott, David A ^a   Graham, Devon L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Project Amazonas   (United States)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Gut passage rate; Mionectes oleagineus; Seed shadows

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; MOVEMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZOOCHORY;

MIONECTES OLEAGINEUS;

EID: 0033955658     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008853     Document Type: Article

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