Frugivores and seed dispersal
A wide variety of plants, ranging in size from forest floor herbs to giant canopy trees, rely on animals to disperse their seeds. Typical values of the proportion of tropical vascular plants that produce fleshy fruits and have animal-dispersed seeds range
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Tasks for vegetation science 15 Series Editors HELMUT LIETH University of Osnabriick, F.R. G.
HAROLD A. MOONEY Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., U.S.A.
1 Box, E.O. Macroclimate and Plant Forms. An introduction to predictive modelling in phytogeography.
ISBN 90 6193 941 0 2 Navin Sen, D. & Singh Rajpurohit, K. Contributions to the Ecology of Halophytes. ISBN 90 61939429 3 Ross, 1. The Radiation Regime and Architecture of Plant Stands. ISBN 90 6193 607 1 4 Margaris, N.S. & Mooney, H.A. (eds) Components ofProductivity ofMediterranean - Climate, Regions. ISBN 90 6193 944 5 5 Muller, M.l. Selected Climatic Data for a Global Set of Standard Stations for Vegetation Science. ISBN 90 6193 945 3 6 Roth, I. Stratification in Tropical Forests as Seen in Leaf Structure. ISBN 90 6193 946 1 7 Steubing, L. & lager, H.l. Monitoring of Air Pollutants by Plants: Methods and Problems. ISBN 90 6193947 X 8 Teas, H.l. Biology and Ecology of Mangroves. ISBN 90 6193948 8 9 Teas, H.l. Physiology and Management of Mangroves. ISBN 90 6193 9496 10 Feoli, E., Lagonegro, M. & Orl6ci, L. Information Analysis of Vegetation Data. ISBN 90 6193 950 X 11 Sestak, Z. (ed) Photosynthesis during Leaf Development. ISBN 90 6193 951 8 12 Medina, E., Mooney, H.A. & Vazquez-Yanes, c. (eds) Physiological Ecology ofPlants of the Wet Tropics. ISBN 90 6193 9526 13 Margaris, N.S., Arianoustou-Faraggitaki, M. & Oech~~l.. W:~. !eds) Being Alive on Land. ISBN 90 6193 953 4 '.' .•) ;"',~'. 14 Hall, D.O., Myers, N. & Margaris, N.S. (eds) Economics ofEcosystems Management. ISBN 9061935059 15 Estrada, A. & Fleming, T.H. (eds) Frugivores and Seed Dispersal. ISBN 90 6193543 1 16 Dell, B., Hopkins, A.l.M. & Lamont, B.B. (eds) Resilience in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems. ISBN 90 61935792
Frugivores and seed dispersal edited by ALEJANDRO ESTRADA and THEODORE H. FLEMING
1986
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under tItLe: Frugivores and seed dispersal. (Tasks for vegetation science j 15) Includes index. 1. Seeds--Dispersal--Congresses. 2. Frugivores-Food--Congresses. 3. Forest ecology--Congresses. 4. Adaptation (Biology)--Congresses. I. Estrada, Alejandro. II. Fleming, Theodore H. Ill. Series. QK929.F78 1986 582' .0524 85-24103 ISBN-13: 978-94-0 I0-8633-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-4812-9 001: 10.1007/978-94-009-4812-9
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