Absence of Howlers (Alouatta palliata) Influences Tree Seedling Densities in Tropical Rain Forest Fragments in Southern Mexico

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 634-651

  Anzures Dadda, Alberto ^a,b   Andresen, Ellen ^c   Martínez, María Luisa ^a   Manson, Robert H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Cascade effects; Conservation; Forest fragmentation; Howlers; Seed dispersal; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; FECES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LEGUME; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SLEEP; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOCHORY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; BROSIMUM ALICASTRUM; DIALIUM GUIANENSE; HAPLORHINI; MANILKARA ZAPOTA; NECTANDRA AMBIGENS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79955504029     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9492-0     Document Type: Article

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