Within flood season variation in fruit consumption and seed dispersal by two characin fishes of the Amazon

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-589

  Lucas, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ichthyochory; Pirapitinga; Santar m; Seed predation; Tambaqui; V rzea

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; FISH; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM; COLOSSOMA MARCOPOMUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MONTRICHARDIA ARBORESCENS; PIARACTUS BRACHYPOMUS; PISCES;

EID: 49849098779     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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