Distance-dependence in two Amazonian palms: Effects of spatial and temporal variation in seed predator communities

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-35

  Wyatt, Julie L ^a   Silman, Miles R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Seedling recruitment; Tayassu p cari

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; ASTROCARYUM; INVERTEBRATA; IRIARTEA; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PECARI; TAYASSU PECARI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142532986     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1554-y     Document Type: Article

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