Synergistic impacts of ungulates and falling palm fronds on saplings in the Amazon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-602

  Beck, Harald ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal plant interaction; Iriartea deltoidea; Litterfall; Manu National Park; Peccaries; Physical damage; Saplings; Tayassuidae; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LITTERFALL; MONOCOTYLEDON; SAPLING; UNGULATE;

MANU NATIONAL PARK; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; TAYASSUIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 35348925280     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004294     Document Type: Article

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