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Dynamics of the seedling shadow of a frugivore-dispersed tree species in French Guiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Pierre-Michel Forget  and
Daniel Sabatier
Pierre-Michel Forget
Affiliation:
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Générale, CNRS URA 1183, 4, avenue du Petit Château, F-91800 Brunoy, France
Daniel Sabatier
Affiliation:
ORSTOM, MAA UR 34, 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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Keywords

Ateles paniscusFrench Guianarainforestrecruitmentseedlingspider monkeytreeVirola
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , September 1997 , pp. 767 - 773
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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