Diversity of functional traits of fleshy fruits in a species-rich Atlantic rain forest;Diversidade de características funcionais dos frutos carnosos em uma área de Mata Atlântica

Biota Neotropica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-193

  Galetti, Mauro ^a   Pizo, Marco Aurélio ^a   Morellato, Leonor Patŕcia Cerdeira ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Frugivores; Fruit chemical content; Fruit syndromes; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856250456     PISSN: 16786424     EISSN: 16760611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032011000100019     Document Type: Article

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