Ecological redundancy in seed dispersal systems: A comparison between manakins (Aves: Pipridae) in two tropical forests

Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 178-195

  Loiselle, Bette A ^a   Blendinger, Pedro G ^b   Blake, John G ^a   Ryder, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

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