Effects of Passage Through Tamarin Guts on the Germination Potential of Dispersed Seeds

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1121-1128

  Knogge, Christoph ^a   Tirado Herrera, Emérita R ^a,b   Heymann, Eckhard W ^a  

^a Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Germination latency; Germination success; Saguinus fuscicollis; Saguinus mystax; Seed dispersal; Tamarins

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTHROPOIDEA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS MYSTAX;

EID: 0038345215     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026236514523     Document Type: Article

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