Seed predation and defleshing in the agouti-dispersed palm Astrocaryum standleyanum

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 473-480

  Jansen, Patrick A ^a,b,c   Elschot, Kelly ^a   Verkerk, P Johannes ^c   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrocaryum standleyanum; Barro Colorado Island; Bruchidae; cache pilferage; Dasyprocta punctata; Panama; scatter hoarding; Scolytidae; seed handling; seed predation

Indexed keywords

CACHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

AGOUTI; ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 77957280195     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000337     Document Type: Article

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