Planting design effects on avian seed dispersers in a tropical forest restoration experiment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-522

  Lindell, Catherine A ^a   Reid, John Leighton ^b   Cole, Rebecca J ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Inga edulis; Neotropics; Reforestation; Seed dispersal; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INGA EDULIS; TURDIDAE;

EID: 84880044108     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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