Variation in post-dispersal Seed predation in mature peruvian lowland tropical forest and fallow agricultural sites

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 621-636

  Notman, Evan ^a,b   Gorchov, David L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Forest regeneration; Peru; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Swidden agriculture; Tropical wet forest.

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

PERU;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035713097     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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