Plant dispersal systems in Neotropical forests: Availability of dispersal agents or availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 203-214

  Correa, Diego F ^a   Álvarez, Esteban ^b,c   Stevenson, Pablo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Laboratorio de Investigacion en Servicios Ecosistémicos y Cambio Climático   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Climatic and edaphic variables; Elevation; Endozoochory; Flooding regime; Fragmentation; Frugivores; Hydrochory; Synzoochory; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; DISPERSAL; FOREST COVER; FRUGIVORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCHORY; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PLANT; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY; ZOOCHORY;

COLOMBIA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84922509739     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12248     Document Type: Article

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