Making dispersal syndromes and networks useful in tropical conservation and restoration

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 152-178

  Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental change; Plant regeneration; Restoring dispersal processes; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962225856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.002     Document Type: Review

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