Tree and shrub seed dispersal in pastures: The importance of rainforest trees outside forest fragments

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-16

  Laborde, Javier ^a   Guevara, Sergio ^a   Sánchez Ríos, Graciela ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Landscape matrix; Secondary succession; Seed size; Seed sources

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; PASTURE; POLLINATOR; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; WOODY PLANT;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 42149178752     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2008)15[6:TASSDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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