Effect of rodents on seed fate of five hornbill-dispersed tree species in a tropical forest in North-East India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 507-514

  Velho, Nandini ^a,b   Datta, Aparajita ^c   Isvaran, Kavita ^d  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^c NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Chisocheton cumingianus; Dysoxylum binectariferum; Hornbills; Horsfieldia kingii; Polyalthia simiarum; Prunus ceylanica; Scatter hoarding; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

LIPID; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CHISOCHETON CUMINGIANUS; DYSOXYLUM; HORSFIELDIA; POLYALTHIA; PRUNUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 69749112893     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990083     Document Type: Article

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