Changes in seed rain during secondary succession in a tropical montane cloud forest region in Oaxaca, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-444

  Del Castillo, R F ^a   Ríos, M A Pérez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Disturbance; Diversity; Fragmentation; Frugivory; Mexico; Montane forest; Pioneers; Secondary forest; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; EPISODIC EVENT; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONTANE FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOCHORY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA;

EID: 46449139464     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005142     Document Type: Article

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