Can forest fragmentation disrupt a conditional mutualism? A case from central Amazon

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 709-718

  Jorge, Maria Luisa S P ^a,b,c,d   Howe, Henry F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caviomorph rodents; Seasonal mutualism; Seed caching; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; MUTUALISM; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SITE INVESTIGATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SEASON; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; ASTROCARYUM; ASTROCARYUM ACULEATUM; CAVIOMORPHA; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; MYOPROCTA ACOUCHY; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349480963     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1417-7     Document Type: Article

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