Fruit dispersal syndromes in animal disseminated plants at Tinigua National Park, Colombia

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 319-334

  Link, Andrés ^a,b,c   Stevenson, Pablo R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Rufus D Smith Hall ^*  (Colombia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Frugivory; Fruit morphology; Fruit syndromes; Neotropical forests

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4444252296     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2004000200010     Document Type: Article

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