Connecting fruit production to seedling establishment in two co-occurring Miconia species: Consequences of seed dispersal by birds in upper Amazonia

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-73

  Blendinger, Pedro G ^a,b   Blake, John G ^a,c   Loiselle, Bette A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Manakins; Melastomes; Plant dynamics; Recruitment stages; Transition probabilities

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GERMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MELASTOMATACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; MELASTOMATACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

AVES; MELASTOMATACEAE; MICONIA; MICONIA SERRULATA;

EID: 80051668631     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1956-6     Document Type: Article

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