Topographic separation of two sympatric palms in the central Amazon - does dispersal play a role?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-135

  Gomes de Freitas, Cintia ^a   Capellotto Costa, Flávia Regina ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^b   Balslev, Henrik ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Attalea; Endozoochory; Seed germination; Spatial ecology; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; SEEDLING; SPECIALIZATION; SYMPATRY; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; DUCKE RESERVE; MANAUS;

ARECACEAE; ATTALEA;

EID: 84857332338     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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