Secondary seed dispersal by dung beetles in a Colombian rain forest: Effects of dung type and defecation pattern on seed fate

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-364

  Santos Heredia, Carolina ^a   Andresen, Ellen ^b   Zrate, Diego A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta seniculus; Ateles hybridus; Colombia; Scarabaeinae; seed burial; seed fate

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FECES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; TAXONOMY; ZOOCHORY;

COLOMBIA;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; ANNONACEAE; ATELES; ATELES BELZEBUTH HYBRIDUS; ATELES SP.; COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; ROLLINIA; ROLLINIA EDULIS; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 77957606576     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000192     Document Type: Article

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