Red crabs in rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: No effect on the soil seed bank

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-94

  Green, Peter T ^a,g   Hart, Roger ^b   Jantan, Jamil Bin ^c   Metcalfe, Daniel J ^d   O'Dowd, Dennis J ^e   Lake, P S ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Environment Australia   (Australia)

^c Christmas Isl Rainforest Rehab P   (Christmas Island)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Forestry Research Laboratory   (United States)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Christmas Island; Land crabs; Muntingia calabura; Rainforest; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944372426     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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