Akodon montensis (Thomas, 1913) (Muridae) as a disperser of endozoochoric seeds in a coastal swamp forest of southern Brazil

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Horn, Graciela Bernardi ^a   Kindel, Andreas ^a   Hartz, Sandra Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Akodon montensis; Atlantic Forest; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SWAMP FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AKODON MONTENSIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 44949170835     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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