Variation in seed dispersal effectiveness: the redundancy of consequences in diversified tropical frugivore assemblages
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D. C. Rother ([email protected]), Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Univ. Estadual Paulista, Avda. 24A, no. 1515, Bela Vista, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, and: Lab. de Ecologia e Restauração Florestal, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Univ. de São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, no. 11, São Dimas, SP, CEP 13418-260, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. – M. A. Pizo, Depto de Zoologia, Univ. Estadual Paulista, Avda. 24A, no. 1515, Bela Vista, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. – P. Jordano, Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Isla de La Cartuja. Avda. Americo Vespucio, S/N, ES-41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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