Frugivory by toucans (Ramphastidae) at two altitudes in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 4 B, 2000, Pages 842-850

  Galetti, Mauro ^a   Laps, Rudi ^b   Pizo, Marco A ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Frugivory; Gape size; Ramphastidae; Seed dispersal; Toucan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AVIFAUNA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY;

(SOUTHEAST); BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BAILLONIUS BAILLONI; CECROPIA; CECROPIA GLAZIOVII; EUTERPE EDULIS; HEXAPODA; HYERONIMA; HYERONIMA ALCHORNEOIDES; INSECTA; RAMPHASTIDAE; RAMPHASTOS DICOLORUS; RAMPHASTOS VITELLINUS; SELENIDERA MACULIROSTRIS; VERTEBRATA; VIROLA; VIROLA GARDNERI; VIROLA OLEIFERA;

EID: 0035009508     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00622.x     Document Type: Article

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