Seed dispersal in Palicourea rigida, a common treelet species from neotropical savannas

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 449-458

  Wütherich, Dirk ^a,b   Azócar, Aura ^a   García Nuñez, Carlos ^a   Silva, Juan F ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal systems; Frugivory; Ornithochory; Savanna; Seed; Tree; Tropical birds

Indexed keywords

SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; VIABILITY; WOODY PLANT; ZOOCHORY;

VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ELAENIA CHIRIQUENSIS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; PALICOUREA RIGIDA; RUBIACEAE; TYRANNIDAE; TYRANNUS MELANCHOLICUS;

EID: 0034988332     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001304     Document Type: Article

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