Seed characteristics and susceptibility to pathogen attack in tree seeds of the Peruvian Amazon

Plant Ecology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Pringle, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Álvarez Loayza, Patricia ^a,c   Terborgh, John ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Light dependence; Plant pathogens; Recruitment limitation; Seed dispersal; Seed weight

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; LIGHT; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PRIMATE; RECRUITMENT; RELATEDNESS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

FUNGI; PRIMATES;

EID: 35448991326     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9259-4     Document Type: Article

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