Effect of logging on rodent scatter-hoarding dynamics in tropical forests: Implications for plant recruitment

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Gutiérrez Granados, Gabriel ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dasyprocta punctata; Seed caching; Timber extraction; Yucatan Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; POUTERIA; POUTERIA CAMPECHIANA; RODENTIA; SAPOTACEAE;

ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; POUTERIA; PROCEDURES; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MEXICO; POUTERIA; RODENTIA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

EID: 79959809370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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