Postdispersal fruit and seed removal by the crab Gecarcinus lateralis in a coastal forest in Veracruz, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Capistrán Barradas, Ascención ^a   Moreno Casasola, Patricia ^a   Defeo, Omar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal forest; Cover; Dunes; Gecarcinus lateralis; Land crab; Propagule removal; Soil age forest; Topography

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRUIT; PROPAGULE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EHRETIA TINIFOLIA; GECARCINIDAE; GECARCINUS LATERALIS; GECARCINUS QUADRATUS; GECARCOIDEA NATALIS; MACLURA POMIFERA; MACLURA TINCTORIA; MORACEAE;

EID: 33644946654     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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