Consistency in seed-deposition patterns and the distribution of mistletoes among its host trees in an Amazonian savanna

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 640-646

  Fadini, Rodrigo Ferreira ^a,b   Goņalves, Danielly Caroline Miléo ^b   Reis, Rúbia Patrcia Fernandes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; AVES; ELAENIA CRISTATA; LORANTHACEAE; PSITTACANTHUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 77949377757     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT09013     Document Type: Article

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