Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 573-582

  Christianini, Alexander V ^a,b   Oliveira, Paulo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Diplochory; Directed dispersal; Dispersal distance; Dispersal syndrome; Disperser effectiveness; Fruit crop size; Secondary seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIRD; CERRADO; DICOTYLEDON; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; ZOOCHORY;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FORMICIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA AROMATICA;

EID: 77953003934     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01653.x     Document Type: Article

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