Spatial patterns of tree recruitment in East African tropical forests that have lost their vertebrate seed dispersers

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-203

  Babweteera, Fred ^a   Brown, Nick ^b  

^a BUDONGO CONSERVATION FIELD STATION   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanites wilsoniana; Celtis zenkeri; Chrysophyllum albidum; Clumped; Cordia millenii; Density; Dispersal; Disturbance; Predation; Ricinodendron heudelotii

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; FRUGIVORY; JUVENILE; LOGGING (TIMBER); POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTEBRATE;

BUDONGO FOREST; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; KIBALE FOREST; MABIRA FOREST RESERVE; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

BALANITES; BALANITES WILSONIANA; CELTIS; CHRYSOPHYLLUM ALBIDUM; CORDIA; RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952489473     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740999054X     Document Type: Article

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