Tree dispersal strategies in the littoral forest of Sainte Luce (SE-Madagascar)

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 604-616

  Bollen, An ^a,b   Van Elsacker, Linda ^a,b   Ganzhorn, Jorg U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Frugivory; Fruit characteristics; Seed dispersal; Syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FRUGIVORY; LIFE HISTORY; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; MADAGASCAR; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS COLLARIS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942525079     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1544-0     Document Type: Article

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