Defoliation effects on seed dispersal and seedling recruitment in a tropical rain forest understorey palm

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 709-720

  Van Lent, Jeffrey ^a,b   Hernández Barrios, Juan C ^a,b   Anten, Niels P R ^c   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chamaedorea ernesti agustii; Dispersal; Leaf harvesting; Mexico; Non timber forest products; Plant demography; Plant animal interaction; Seed fate; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFOLIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; VIABILITY; ZOOCHORY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHAMAEDOREA; CHAMAEDOREA ERNESTI-AUGUSTII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84898811932     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12216     Document Type: Article

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