Big fish are the best: Seed dispersal of Bactris glaucescens by the pacu fish (Piaractus mesopotamicus) in the Pantanal, Brazil

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-389

  Galetti, Mauro ^a   Donatti, Camila I ^b   Pizo, Marco Aurélio ^c   Giacomini, Henrique C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Ichthyochory; Mutualism disruption; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUTUALISM; OVERFISHING; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; WET SEASON;

BRAZIL; PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; BACTRIS; CHARACIDAE; PIARACTUS MESOPOTAMICUS; PISCES;

EID: 42649091472     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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