Evidence for Seed Dispersal by Rodents in Tropical Montane Forest in Africa

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 654-657

  Nyiramana, Aisha ^a,b   Mendoza, Irene ^a   Kaplin, Beth A ^c   Forget, Pierre Michel ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Carapa grandiflora; Cricetomys; Generalized linear mixed models; Nyungwe National Park; Rwanda; Scatter hoarding; Seed fate

Indexed keywords

LINEARITY; MONTANE FOREST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK; RWANDA; SOUTH PROVINCE;

CARAPA; CRICETOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80355144430     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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