Animal dispersal of two secondary-vegetation herbs into the evergreen rain forest of south-eastern Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-278

  Castillo Flores, Aida A ^a,c   Calvo Irabién, Luz Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaspore; Epizoochory; Invasion; Los Tuxtlas; Rain forest; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DIASPORA; EVERGREEN FOREST; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM INCANUM; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; MAMMALIA; NASUA NARICA; PAVONIA; PHILANDER; PHILANDER OPOSSUM; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0037608712     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003304     Document Type: Article

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