The effect of dung and dispersal on postdispersal seed predation of Attalea phalerata (Arecaceae) by bruchid beetles

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 778-781

  Rios, Rodrigo S ^a,d   Pacheco, Luis F ^b,c  

^a Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Centro de Estudios en Biologia Teorica y Aplicada BIOTA   (Bolivia)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attalea phalerata; Bolivia; Bruchids; Postdispersal seed predation; Seed fate; Tropical rain forest islands

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FECES; MORTALITY RISK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SHRUB;

BENI; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; ATTALEA PHALERATA; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33750335780     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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