Fruit production and seed predation in two miombo woodland trees in Zambia

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 452-458

  Chidumayo, Emmanuel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Fruit production; Isoberlinia angolensis; Julbernardia globiflora; Miombo woodland; Seed predation; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038593746     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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