Responses of dispersal agents to tree and fruit traits in Virola calophylla (Myristicaceae): Implications for selection

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-87

  Russo, Sabrina E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateles paniscus; Coevolution; Peru; Seed dispersal; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SELECTION; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MYRISTICACEAE; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CEBIDAE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; MYRISTICACEAE; PERU; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TREES;

PERU;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ATELES PANISCUS; ATELES SP.; AVES; CEBIDAE; CHANNA MELASOMA; MYRISTICACEAE; PANISCUS; PRIMATES; SPERMATOPHYTA; VIROLA; VIROLA CALOPHYLLA; VIROLA SEBIFERA;

EID: 0038270033     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1239-y     Document Type: Article

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