Pulp-seed attachment is a dominant variable explaining legitimate seed dispersal: A case study on woolly monkeys

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 693-701

  Stevenson, Pablo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Evolution of mutualisms; Fruit morphology; Legitimate frugivores; Primate behavior; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOMBIA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLOMBIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS;

COLOMBIA;

ANIMALIA; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79958754585     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1926-z     Document Type: Article

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