Seed rain in abandoned clearings in a lowland evergreen rain forest in southern Thailand

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 572-585

  Sritongchuay, Tuanjit ^a   Gale, George A ^b   Stewart, Alyssa ^c   Kerdkaew, Thanate ^a   Bumrungsri, Sara ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Birds; Edge effects; Forest restoration; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907276070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291400700314     Document Type: Article

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