Tree species composition, breeding systems, and pollination and dispersal syndromes in three forest successional stages in a tropical dry forest in Mesoamerica

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-94

  Hilje, Branko ^a,b   Calvo Alvarado, Julio ^c   Jiménez Rodríguez, César ^c   Sánchez Azofeifa, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Biodiversidad de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Dioecy; Monoecy; Santa rosa national park; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84925352176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291500800109     Document Type: Article

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