Bruchid beetle infestation and the value of Attalea butyracea endocarps for neotropical rodents

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-384

  Gálvez, Dumas ^a,c   Jansen, Patrick A ^b  

^a Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Tupper Building 401 ^*  (Panama)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Dasyprocta punctata; Energy value; Food preferences; Sciurus variegatoides; Seed predation; Speciomerus giganteus; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; GRANIVORY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARASITE INFESTATION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

ARECACEAE; ATTALEA BUTYRACEA; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; HEXAPODA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VARIEGATOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247397510     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407003975     Document Type: Article

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