Fruit removal efficiency and success: Influence of crop size in a neotropical treelet

Plant Ecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-154

  Ortiz Pulido, Raúl ^a   Albores Barajas, Yuri V ^b,c   Díaz, S Anaid ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b Escuela de Ciencias   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal efficiency; Dispersal success; Fruit crop size hypothesis; Fruit removal success; Seed dispersal; Seed dispersal ratio

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CROP; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED DISPERSAL; SIZE;

ANIMALIA; CASEARIA; FLACOURTIACEAE;

EID: 34250663110     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9175-7     Document Type: Article

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