The effects of seed predators on the recruitment of mangroves

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 728-736

  Clarke, Peter J ^a   Kerrigan, Raelee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Crabs; Manipulative field experiments; Predation; Recruitment; Tropical mangroves; Zonation

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; MANGROVE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT; SEED PREDATION;

AUSTRALIA;

AEGIALITIS ANNULATA; AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM; ANIMALIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; BRUGUIERA EXARISTATA; BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; BRUGUIERA PARVIFLORA; CERIOPS AUSTRALIS; CERIOPS DECANDRA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0036345108     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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