Seed rain of fleshy-fruited species in tropical pastures in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-462

  Martínez Garza, Cristina ^a,c   González Montagut, Reneé ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Mexican Nature Conservation Fund   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cecropia obtusifolia; Ficus eugeniaefolia; Los Tuxtlas; Natural regeneration; Riparian forest; Seed dispersal; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

PASTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; TROPICAL FOREST;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO; VERACRUZ STATE;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036216220     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002316     Document Type: Article

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