Mammal abundances and seed traits control the seed dispersal and predation roles of terrestrial mammals in a costa rican forest

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-342

  Kuprewicz, Erin K ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Anti predation defenses; Peccary; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FRUGIVORY; GRANIVORY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHOTOGRAPH; PIG; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

AGOUTI; ASTROCARYUM ALATUM; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; DIPTERYX; DIPTERYX PANAMENSIS; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; MAMMALIA; MUCUNA; PECARI TAJACU; SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 84877104138     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12014     Document Type: Article

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