Spatial variation in post-dispersal seed removal in an Atlantic forest: Effects of habitat, location and guilds of seed predators

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-336

  Christianini, Alexander V ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Plant Phenology and Seed Dispersal Research Group   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birds; Edge effect; Granivory; Habitat fragmentation; Rodents; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BIRD; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANIVORY; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAIZE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; RODENTIA; TINAMIFORMES; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36348984582     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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