Short-term post-dispersal fate of seeds defecated by two small primate species (Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis) in the Amazonian forest of Peru

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-238

  Culot, Laurence ^a   Huynen, Marie Claude ^a   Gérard, Paul ^b   Heymann, Eckhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b University of Lìge ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Dung beetles; Saguinus fuscicollis; Saguinus mystax; Secondary dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FECAL PELLET; FRUGIVORY; PRIMATE; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAGUINUS MYSTAX; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 69849098856     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409005860     Document Type: Article

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