Variation in seed dispersal effectiveness: The redundancy of consequences in diversified tropical frugivore assemblages

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 336-342

  Rother, Débora C ^a,b   Pizo, Marco A ^a   Jordano, Pedro ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUTUALISM; SEED DISPERSAL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUTERPE; EUTERPE EDULIS; SLOANEA; SLOANEA GUIANENSIS; VIROLA;

EID: 84959198688     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.02629     Document Type: Article

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