Identifying keystone plant resources in an Amazonian forest using a long-term fruit-fall record

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-301

  Diaz Martin, Zoë ^a   Swamy, Varun ^b,c   Terborgh, John ^b   Alvarez Loayza, Patricia ^b   Cornejo, Fernando ^d  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cocha Cashu; Ficus; frugivory; keystone plant resources; Madre de Dios; Peru; primates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY; CROP; FOOD; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEASON; TROPICAL FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW RECORD; PRIMATE;

COCHA CASHU; MADRE DE DIOS; PERU; AMAZONAS [PERU];

PRIMATES;

EID: 84903275491     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467414000248     Document Type: Article

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