Seasonal variation in seed dispersal by tamarins alters seed rain in a secondary rain forest

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-569

  Culot, Laurence ^a   Lazo, Fernando Julio João Muñoz ^c   Huynen, Marie Claude ^a   Poncin, Pascal ^a   Heymann, Eckhard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Forest regeneration; Peru; Saguinus; Seasonality; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOREST COVER; FRUIT; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN;

PERU;

PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 77954027837     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9413-7     Document Type: Article

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