Pre- and post-dispersal seed predation in a mediterranean-type climate montane sclerophyllous forest in central Chile

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-195

  Figueroa, Javier A ^a,b   Muñoz, Alejandro A ^a   Mella, Jorge E ^a   Arroyo, Mary T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANIVORY; MONTANE FOREST; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

CHILE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036091758     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT01003     Document Type: Article

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