Seed dispersal by fishes in tropical and temperate fresh waters: The growing evidence

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 561-577

  Horn, Michael H ^a   Correa, Sandra Bibiana ^b   Parolin, Pia ^c   Pollux, B J A ^d   Anderson, Jill T ^e   Lucas, Christine ^f   Widmann, Peter ^g   Tjiu, Albertus ^h   Galetti, Mauro ⁱ   Goulding, Michael ^j  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g TANJUNGPURA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^h World Wildlife Fund Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

ⁱ SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^j WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biogeographic regions; Fish diversity; Floodplains; Frugivory; Human impacts; Ichthyochory

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DIET; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOLARCTIC REGION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDOMALAYA ECOZONE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOVEMENT; OVERFISHING; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SHRUB; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

CHARACIFORMES; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 80955144370     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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