Directed seed dispersal towards areas with low conspecific tree density by a scatter-hoarding rodent

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1423-1429

  Hirsch, Ben T ^a,b   Kays, Roland ^a,c,d   Pereira, Verónica E ^a   Jansen, Patrick A ^a,e,f  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agouti; Astrocaryum; Barro Colorado Island; Dasyprocta punctata; Density dependence; Directed dispersal; Secondary seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; ASTROCARYUM; ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84931748990     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12000     Document Type: Article

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