Seed-dispersal ecology of tropical montane forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 437-454

  Chapman, Hazel ^a   Cordeiro, Norbert J ^b,c   Dutton, Paul ^a   Wenny, Dan ^d   Kitamura, Shumpei ^e   Kaplin, Beth ^f   Melo, Felipe P L ^g   Lawes, Michael J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory   (United States)

^e ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^h CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

altitudinal gradients; fragmentation; frugivory; fruit size; seed predation; seed rain; seed size; seedling mortality; wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BIRD; BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONTANE FOREST; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED RAIN; SEED SIZE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND FIELD;

MALAWI; NIGERIA; PHILIPPINES; TANZANIA; THAILAND;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84980373438     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467416000389     Document Type: Review

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