Survival and scatterhoarding of frugivores-dispersed seeds as a function of forest disturbance

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-385

  Forget, Pierre Michel ^a   Cuijpers, Lonneke ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Foundation for Nature Conservation in Suriname (STINASU)   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Ateles paniscus; Dasyprocta leporina; Seed dispersal; South America; Suriname; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

BROWNSBERG NATIONAL PARK; PARAMARIBO [SURINAME]; SOUTH AMERICA; SURINAME;

ATELES PANISCUS; BRUCHINAE; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRISTICACEAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA; VIROLA;

EID: 42649085712     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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