The influence of seed source, Habitat and fungi on cecropia seed survival in two neotropical forests

Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 479-498

  Gallery, Rachel E ^a,b   Dalling, James W ^b,c   Wolfe, Brett T ^b   Arnold, A Elizabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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