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Seed Fate : Predation, Dispersal and Seedling Establishment.

This book presents current knowledge of seed fate in both natural and human-disturbed landscapes, from various regions of the world. Habitats considered range from mountain and arid deserts in the temperate zone, to savanna and lowland rainforests in tropical regions of the world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forget, P.-M
Otros Autores: Lambert, J. E., Hulme, P. E., Vander Wall, S. B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford : CAB International, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Seed Fate Pathways: Filling the Gap between Parent and Offspring; 2 Seed Predator Guilds, Spatial Variation in Post-dispersal Seed Predation and Potential Effects on Plant Demography: a Temperate Perspective; 3 The Fate of Seed Banks: Factors Influencing Seed Survival for Light-demanding Species in Moist Tropical Forests; 4 Frugivore-mediated Interactions Among Bruchid Beetles and Palm Fruits at Barro Colorado Island, Panama: Implications for Seed Fate.
  • 5 Patterns of Seed Predation by Vertebrate versus Invertebrate Seed Predators among Different Plant Species, Seasons and Spatial Distributions6 Seed Predation and Dispersal by Peccaries throughout the Neotropics and its Consequences: a Review and Synthesis; 7 Seed Predation, Seed Dispersal and Habitat Fragmentation: Does Context Make a Difference in Tropical Australia?; 8 The Fate of Primate-dispersed Seeds: Deposition Pattern, Dispersal Distance and Implications for Conservation; 9 Fallen Fruits and T.