Seed germination from lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) fecal samples collected during the dry season in the northern Brazilian Amazon

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-73

  Barcelos, Adriana Renata ^a   Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D ^a,b   Sanaiotti, Tânia Margarete ^a   Gribel, Rogério ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; campinarana; Endozoochory; Frugivory; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; GERMINATION; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIET; FECES; GERMINATION; PERISSODACTYLA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884741705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12003     Document Type: Article

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