Seed dispersal of Bursera fagaroides (Burseraceae): The effect of linking environmental factors

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-21

  Ortiz Pulido, Raúl ^a,b   Rico Gray, Victor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BURSERA FAGAROIDES; BURSERACEAE; COCCOLOBA BARBADENSIS; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; VIREO GRISEUS;

EID: 33645689153     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[11:SDOBFB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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