Seed dispersal of the palm Attalea oleifera in a remnant of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-84

  Pimentel, Domingos Sávlo ^a   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attalea oleifera; Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Pachymeros cardo; Sciurus aestuans; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGOUTI; AGOUTI PACA; ATTALEA; ATTALEA OLEIFERA; BRUCHIDAE; BRUCHINAE; CAPITO; COLEOPTERA; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PRYMNOLOPHA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; MAMMALIA; MANODELPHIS AMERICANA; MONODELPHIS; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS CAPITO; PACHYMEROS CARDO; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS AESTUANS;

EID: 1842486673     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00298.x     Document Type: Article

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