Seed removal patterns by vertebrates in different successional stages of Araucaria forest advancing over southern Brazilian grasslands

Community Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Brum, F ^a   Duarte, L ^a   Hartz, S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Campos grassland; Nucleation; Seed removal; Southern Brazilian grasslands; Terrestrial mammals

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SUCCESSION;

ARAUCARIA; BRAZIL; PARANA;

ANIMALIA; ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CRICETIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953864653     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.11.2010.1.6     Document Type: Article

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