Are We Misinterpreting Seed Predation in Palms?

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-14

  Brancalion, Pedro H S ^a,b   Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro ^b   Novembre, Ana D L C ^b   Gómez, José M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brazil; Pre dispersal seed predation; Revena rubiginosa; Seed fate; Seed removal; Syagrus romanzoffiana; Weevil; X rays

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MONOCOTYLEDON; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; X-RAY;

BRAZIL;

CURCULIONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; REVENA RUBIGINOSA; RODENTIA; SYAGRUS ROMANZOFFIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650720254     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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