A strong conditional mutualism limits and enhances seed dispersal and germination of a tropical palm

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 951-963

  Klinger, Rob ^a,b   Rejmánek, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granivory; Predation limitation; Recruitment limitation; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GERMINATION; GRANIVORY; MUTUALISM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RODENT; SYMBIOSIS; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BELIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; RODENTIA; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASTROCARYUM MEXICANUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77949772225     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1542-3     Document Type: Article

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