Consequences of frugivore diversity for seed dispersal, seedling establishment and the spatial pattern of seedlings and trees

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-394

  Bleher, Bärbel ^a,b   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commiphora; Frugivore community; Madagascar; Seedling establishment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA GUILLAUMINI; COMMIPHORA HARVEYI; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0035173546     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100747     Document Type: Article

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