Frugivory by small vertebrates within a deforested, dry tropical region of Central America

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-282

  Griscom, Heather P ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c   Ashton, Mark S ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Dry forest; Fragmented; Frugivores; Live fences; Panama; Pastures; Reforestation; Riparian forest; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; PASTURE; REFORESTATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL REGION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846985996     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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