Lianas influence fruit and seed use by rodents in a tropical forest

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Kilgore, Anthony ^a   Lambert, Thomas D ^a   Adler, Gregory H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocaryum standleyanum; Attalea butyracea; Panam ; Proechimys semispinosus; Sciurus granatensis; Seed fate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMBING PLANT; FRUIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; REGENERATION; RODENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM; ATTALEA BUTYRACEA; PROECHIMYS SEMISPINOSUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS GRANATENSIS;

EID: 77049088027     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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