Multi-species fruit and seed removal in a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-442

  Briones Salas, Miguel ^a   Sánchez Cordero, Victor ^b   Sánchez Rojas, Gerardo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest dwelling rodents; Fruits; Mexico; Post dispersal removal; Seeds; Tropical deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; METABOLITES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

FOREST DWELLING RODENTS; POST DISPERSAL REMOVAL; TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST; TROPICAL SEMIDECIDUOUS FOREST;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HABITAT SELECTION; NATIVE SPECIES; RODENT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEED DISPERSAL;

FORESTS; FRUITS; MEXICO; PLANTS; RODENTS; SEEDS;

JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALBIZIA OCCIDENTALIS; AMPHIPTERYGIUM ADSTRINGENS; ARTHROPODA; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA; CELTIS; COCCOLOBA BARBADENSIS; CRESCENTIA ALATA; ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; MAMMALIA; PITHECELLOBIUM; RECCHIA MEXICANA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748631410     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-020     Document Type: Article

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