Consequences of seed dispersal for plant recruitment in tropical forests: Interactions within the seedscape

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 666-681

  Beckman, Noelle G ^a   Rogers, Haldre S ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community diversity; Density dependent mortality; Frugivores; Habitat quality; Population demography; Recruitment limitation; Seed dispersal effectiveness; Spatial point patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84886945870     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12071     Document Type: Review

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