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Seed dispersal strategies and the threat of defaunation in a Congo forest

2013-01-01

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Seed dispersal mode of plants and primary interactions with animals are studied in the evergreen Afrotropical forest of LuiKotale, at the south-western part of Salonga National Park (DR Congo). We first analysed seed dispersal strategies for (a) the plant species inventoried over a decade at the study site and (b) the tree community in 12 × 1 ha census plots. Our analyses of dispersal syndromes for 735 identified...

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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0416-x

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