Seed harvesting of a threatened African tree dispersed by rodents: Is enrichment planting a solution?

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 645-653

  Seltzer, Carrie E ^a   Kremer, Colin T ^b   Ndangalasi, Henry J ^c   Cordeiro, Norbert J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cricetomys; East Usambara Mountains; Eastern Arc Mountains; Germination; Recruitment; Seed fate

Indexed keywords

CLUSIACEAE; CRICETOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84925044802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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