Nutrient transport within and between habitats through seed dispersal processes by woolly monkeys in North-Western Amazonia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 992-1003

  Stevenson, Pablo R ^a   Guzmán Caro, Diana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Flooded forest; Lagothrix lagothricha lugens; Nutrient recycling; Nutrient translocation; Seed biomass transport; Terra firme forest

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HABITAT TYPE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; TRANSLOCATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WEATHERING;

AMAZONIA; COLOMBIA; META; TINIGUA NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BIOMASS; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79952200539     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20852     Document Type: Article

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