Effects of habitat fragmentation on the abortion and predation of seeds in Chaco Serrano;Efectos de la fragmentación sobre la aborción y depredación de semillas en el Chaco Serrano

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-117

  Chacoff, Natacha P ^a   Morales, Juan M ^b   Vaquera, Maria Del P ^a  

^a Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological interactions; Chaco; Habitat fragmentation; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; CHACO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA AROMA; ANIMALIA; CERCIDIUM PRAECOX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 1842434306     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00301.x     Document Type: Article

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