Seed dispersal services by coatis (Nasua nasua, Procyonidae) and their redundancy with other frugivores in southeastern Brazil

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-92

  Alves Costa, Cecília P ^a   Eterovick, Paula C ^b  

^a Laboratório de Interação Vertebrado Planta   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Defaunation; Fragmentation; Germination success; Nasua nasua; Redundancy; Residual frugivores; Seed dispersal services

Indexed keywords

FECES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; PHENOLOGY; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

MYRCIA; NASUA; NASUA NASUA; PROCYONIDAE;

EID: 34250194964     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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