TAPIR-GENERATED SEED SHADOWS : SCALE-DEPENDENT PATCHINESS IN THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST
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Summary
Clump dispersal of seeds by tapirs, a meso-scale process, interacting with the smallscale process of seed dispersal by rodents, is sufficient to explain the creation of palm patches.
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- article
- Published
- 1997-08-01
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- 327
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- 26
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Keywords
Biology, Seedling, Seed dispersal, Odocoileus, Fencing
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- Distance‐responsive natural enemies strongly influence seedling establishment patterns of multiple species in an Amazonian rain forest
- Efectos del tacuarembó (Chusquea ramosissima, Poaceae) sobre el proceso de dispersión de semillas en la Selva Misionera
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