Post-dispersal seed removal and germination selected tree species dispersed by Cebus capucinus on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-80

  Wehncke, Elisabet V ^a   Dalling, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Cebus capucinus; Dispersal effectiveness; Dung beetle; Germination; Rodent; Seasonal moist tropical forest; Secondary seed dispersal; Seed fate; Seed removal

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; CECROPIA; COLEOPTERA; CORDIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17644378408     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.03037.x     Document Type: Article

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