Indirect effects of timber extraction on plant recruitment and diversity via reductions in abundance of frugivorous spider monkeys

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Gutiérrez Granados, Gabriel ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^b  

^a Instituto de Ecologa   (Mexico)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateles geoffroyi; Logging; Manilkara zapota; Mayan zone; Plant frugivore interactions; Understorey diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LINE TRANSECT; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRIMATE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; MANILKARA ZAPOTA;

EID: 77952486640     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990307     Document Type: Article

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