Bridging the gap: Influence of seed deposition on seedling recruitment in a primate-tree interaction

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 625-642

  Balcomb, Sophia R ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Kibale National Park; Primates; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seedling recruitment; Tropical forest dynamics; Uganda

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; ZOOCHORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; ANNONACEAE; COLEOPTERA; MONODORA MYRISTICA; MYRISTICA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0347531497     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-4036     Document Type: Article

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