Vertical stratification of figs and fig-eaters in a Bornean lowland rain forest: How is the canopy different?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 121-132

  Shanahan, Mike ^a   Compton, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borneo; Ficus; Frugivory; Fruit design characters; Keystone resource; Seed dispersal guilds

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; GUILD STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BORNEO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); MAMMALIA; MORACEAE;

EID: 0034802445     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017537707010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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