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Courtship behaviour of manakins and seed bank composition in a French Guianan rain forest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. L. Krijger ,
M. Opdam ,
M. Théry  and
F. Bongers
C. L. Krijger*
Affiliation:
Department of Forestry, Wageningen Agricultural University, P.O. Box 342, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
M. Opdam
Affiliation:
Department of Forestry, Wageningen Agricultural University, P.O. Box 342, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
M. Théry
Affiliation:
CNRS URA 1183, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Brunoy, France
F. Bongers
Affiliation:
Department of Forestry, Wageningen Agricultural University, P.O. Box 342, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
*
1Institute for Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, Section of Animal Ecology, P.O. Box, 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Keywords

leksmanakinsMelastomataceaeseed dispersal
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , July 1997 , pp. 631 - 636
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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