Determinants of fruit removal in geonoma pauciflora, an understory palm of neotropical forests

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1179-1186

  Pizo, Marco Aurélio ^a   Almeida Neto, Mário ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Bird frugivory; Brazil; Ornithochory; Seed dispersal; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVERGREEN TREE; FACILITATION; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPICAL REGION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED DISPERSAL; UNDERSTORY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; GEONOMA;

EID: 70350365263     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0599-0     Document Type: Article

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