Increased Productivity and Reduced Seed Predation Favor a Large-seeded Palm in Small Atlantic Forest Fragments

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-245

  Andreazzi, Cecilia S ^a,b   Pimenta, Clarissa S ^a   Pires, Alexandra S ^a,c   Fernandez, Fernando A S ^a   Oliveira Santos, Luiz G ^a   Menezes, Jorge F S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Fruit production; Palms; Plant animal interactions; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; ATTALEA HUMILIS; COLEOPTERA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84857691422     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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