Seed dispersal of a high quality fruit by specialized frugivores: High quality dispersal?

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-337

  Wenny, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beilschmiedia pendula; Costa Rica; Dispersal quality; Lauraceae; Seed dispersal; Seed size; Seedling recruitment; Tropical cloud forest

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; GERMINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE;

BEILSCHMIEDIA PENDULA;

EID: 0034124231     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00476.x     Document Type: Article

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