Neotropic post-dispersal seed predation

Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 216-220

  Myster, Randall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 42449133572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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