Behavior of tamarins, tanagers and manakins foraging in a strangler fig (Ficus sp.) in Suriname, South America: Implications for seed dispersal;Comportamiento de los tamarins, de los tanagers y de los manakins forrajeando en un higo del estrangulador (Ficus sp.) en Suriname, Suramérica: Implicaciones para la dispersión de semilla

Biota Neotropica

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-423

  Vanderhoff, Elizabeth Natasha ^a,c   Grafton, Brian ^b  

^a FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding rate; Frugivores; Manakins; Quality of seed dispersal; Tamarins; Tanagers

Indexed keywords

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); PRIMATES;

EID: 77951128247     PISSN: 16786424     EISSN: 16760611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032009000300039     Document Type: Article

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