Poachers and forest fragmentation alter seed dispersal, seed survival, and seedling recruitment in the palm Attalea butyraceae, with implications for tropical tree diversity

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 583-595

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Duber, Herbert C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Attalea butyraceae; Barra Calorada Island; Bruchidae; Dasyprocta punctata; Habitat fragmentation; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Palm; Panama

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POACHING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

PANAMA;

AGONIDAE; ANIMALIA; ATTALEA; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035709695     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00217.x     Document Type: Article

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