A bruchid beetle and a viable seedling from a single diaspore of Attalea butyracea

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-325

  Harms, Kyle E ^a,b   Dalling, James W ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Attalea butyracea; Barro Colorado Island; Bruchidae; Germination; Panama; Scheelea rostrata; Scheelea zonensis; Seed; Seed predator

Indexed keywords

ATTALEA BUTYRACEA;

EID: 0034096811     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001425     Document Type: Article

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