Effects of dung and seed size on secondary dispersal, seed predation, and seedling establishment of rain forest trees

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Andresen, Ellen ^a   Levey, Douglas J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Central Amazonia; Plant animal interactions; Rain forest; Seed fate

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FECES; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SEEDLING; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 1942540515     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1480-4     Document Type: Article

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