Primary seed dispersal by red howler monkeys and the effect of defecation patterns on the fate of dispersed seeds

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-272

  Andresen, Ellen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Central Amazonia; Defecation pattern; Dung beetles; Howler monkeys; Primary seed dispersal; Secondary seed dispersal; Seed fate; Tropical moist forest

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; PRIMATE; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036309301     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00537.x     Document Type: Article

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