The myriad consequences of hunting for vertebrates and plants in tropical forests

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 73-86

  Wright, S Joseph ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Folivores; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Plant diversity; Pollinators; Seed dispersers; Seed predators

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUNTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041766757     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00043     Document Type: Article

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