Dispersal spectra, diaspore size and the importance of endozoochory in the equatorial Andean montane forests

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 299-311

  Buitrón Jurado, Galo ^a   Ramírez, Nelson ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dispersal spectra; Endozoochory; Equatorial montane forest; Fruit types

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; CLOUD; DIASPORE; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRUIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MONTANE FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; WOODY PLANT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84903576073     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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