Effect of forest fragmentation on fruit and seed predation of the tropical dry forest tree Ceiba aesculifolia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Herrerías Diego, Yvonne ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^a   Lobo, Jorge A ^b   Hernández Flores, Yared ^a   Sanchez Montoya, Gumersindo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Dry forest; Forest fragmentation; Fruit predation; Plant animal interaction; Seed predation; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FRUIT; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA; CEIBA AESCULIFOLIA; DYSDERCUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS COLLIAEI;

EID: 36549005424     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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