Forest fragmentation reduces recruitment of large-seeded tree species in a semi-deciduous tropical forest of southern Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Melo, Felipe P L ^a   Martnez Salas, Esteban ^b   Bentez Malvido, Julieta ^c   Ceballos, Gerardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Defaunation; Fragmentation; Regeneration; Seed dispersal; Seedling recruitment; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952474055     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990435     Document Type: Article

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