Predispersal seed predation by insects vs. vertebrates in six dipterocarp species in Sarawak, Malaysia

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-396

  Nakagawa, Michiko ^a   Takeuchi, Yayoi ^b   Kenta, Tanaka ^c   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Predispersal stage; Seed predator; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

INSECT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTEBRATE;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DIPTEROCARPUS; DIPTEROCARPUS TEMPEHES; DRYOBALANOPS; DRYOBALANOPS AROMATICA; DRYOBALANOPS LANCEOLATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SHOREA; SHOREA BECCARIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 28444499370     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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