Vegetation complexity and bat-plant dispersal in Calakmul, Mexico

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 219-243

  Vargas Contreras, Jorge A ^a,b   Medellín, Rodrigo A ^a   Escalona Segura, Griselda ^c   Interián Sosa, Ludivina ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chiropterochory; Fruit density; Fruit mass; Fruiting pattern; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; COMPLEXITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUITING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOVEMENT; PHENOLOGY; SYNCHRONY; VEGETATION;

CALAKMUL; CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61749094531     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802478651     Document Type: Article

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