Differential effects of hunting on pre-dispersal seed predation and primary and secondary seed removal of two neotropical tree species

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-339

  Beckman, Noelle G ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cordia bicolor; Defaunation; Life history traits; Oenocarpus mapora; Panama; Seed dispersal; Seed size

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ARECACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; CORDIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; OENOCARPUS MAPORA;

EID: 34247352083     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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