Do frugivore population fluctuations reflect fruit production? Evidence from Panama

Tropical Fruits and Frugivores: The Search for Strong Interactors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 5-35

  Milton, Katharine ^a,b,c   Giacalone, Jacalyn ^a,b,c   Wright, S Joseph ^a,b,c   Stockmayer, Gretchen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

agoutis; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Fruit production; mammals; monkeys; Panama; population dynamics; squirrels; tropical forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747059999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3833-X_2     Document Type: Chapter

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