Regeneration patterns among bird-dispersed plants in a fragmented Afrotropical forest, south-east Kenya

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-149

  Githiru, Mwangi ^a,b   Bennun, Leon ^a   Lens, Luc ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian frugivores; Forest disturbance; Fragmentation; Regeneration; Seed dispersal; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION; ZOOCHORY;

(SOUTHEAST); KENYA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0036155039     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002092     Document Type: Article

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