Effects of microhabitat on palm seed predation in two forest fragments in southeast Brazil

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-184

  Fleury, Marina ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c SP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Euterpe edulis; Forest fragmentation; Microhabitat; Palm; Seed predation; Syagrus romanzoffiana

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROHABITAT; SEED PREDATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EUTERPE; EUTERPE EDULIS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SYAGRUS;

EID: 9644257262     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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