Influence of seed size on dispersal patterns of woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha) at Tinigua Park, Colombia

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-440

  Stevenson, P R ^a,b   Pineda, M ^b   Samper, T ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; SEED SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

COLOMBIA; META; SOUTH AMERICA; TINIGUA NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; PRIMATES;

EID: 24744461676     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.12898.x     Document Type: Article

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