Fruiting phenology of palms and trees in an Atlantic rainforest land-bridge island

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-145

  Genini, Julieta ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^a   Morellato, L Patricia C ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Plant Phenology and Seed Dispersal Research Group   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attalea; Euterpe; Exotic species; Island ecosystem; Keystone species

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FRUGIVORY; FRUITING; ISLAND; LAND BRIDGE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANCHIETA ISLAND; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATTALEA; EUTERPE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 59249089153     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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