Poachers alter mammal abundance, seed dispersal, and seed predation in a neotropical forest

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 227-239

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Zeballos, Horacio ^b,c   Dominguez, Iván ^c   Gallardo, Marina M ^c   Moreno, Marta C ^c   Ibáñez, Roberto ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Prodefensa de la Naturaleza Arequipa   (Peru)

^c Inst Nac Recurs Nat Renovables   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; MAMMAL; PANAMA; POACHING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING DENSITY; TROPICS;

ABUNDANCE; MAMMAL; POACHING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM; ATTALEA BUTYRACEAE;

EID: 0034074525     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98333.x     Document Type: Article

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